India–Russia Relations

During his New Delhi visit, Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi announced an expansion of economic ties — including a labor mobility deal to allow more Indian nationals to work in Russia, free electronic visas for Russian tourists, cooperation on civil nuclear, clean energy, shipbuilding and fertilizers, and steps toward an India–Eurasian Economic Union free-trade agreement — as bilateral trade stood at $68.7 billion last fiscal year. Putin also pledged Russia would continue “uninterrupted” fuel shipments to India even as Indian refiners have curbed Russian crude purchases after the U.S. doubled tariffs on India and new EU bans on refined products prompted exporters like Reliance to halt some Russian purchases, amid reports of sanction‑evasion practices by oil vessels.