Modi to Visit Moscow Before End of 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin's invitation to visit the country to participate in the 24th annual Russia-India summit.
Consensus
- A visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Moscow is expected before the end of 2026.
- The visit is part of a bilateral agreement for leaders of Russia and India to meet at least once a year, alternately in each country.
- The Russian side has expressed openness to the visit if circumstances allow.
- If the 2026 visit does not occur, the meeting is expected in the first half of 2027.
- The last meeting between Putin and Modi took place in July 2024, with a follow-up visit by Putin to India in December 2025.
Points of divergence
- The visit is expected before the end of 2025, not 2026. — kommersant
- The last visit by Modi to Moscow was in July 2024 and lasted over two hours, with discussions possibly involving Russian nuclear fuel supplies. — kommersant
- A deal was signed to increase trade between Russia and India to $100 billion by 2030 after the 2025 visit. — kommersant
- The possibility of the summit being moved to the first half of 2027 is explicitly mentioned as a fallback. — interfax
Coverage (7 sources)
- Modi will visit Russia at Putin's invitation — Ведомости
- Narendra Modi visits Russia at Vladimir Putin's invitation — Вечерняя Москва
- Modi accepted Putin's invitation to visit Russia — Коммерсантъ
- Modi accepted invitation to another Russia-India summit — Интерфакс
- Modi accepted invitation to another Russia-India summit — Интерфакс
- Alikhanov: visit of Indian PM Modi expected by end of year — Коммерсантъ
- In the Kremlin expect Modi's visit to Russia by the end of the year — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Russia
- Vladimir Putin
- India
- Narendra Modi
- MID
- INTERFAX.RU
- Yuri Usakov
- Moscow
- RIA Novosti
- New Delhi
- Delhi
- Russia-India Moscow
- Russia-India
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