India-Russia S-400 Deal

The conference was held amid escalating tension between India and China following the violent clashes in Galwan Valley on June 15 that left 20 Indian Army personnel dead

Singh is primarily visiting Russia to attend a grand military parade in Moscow on June 24 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Germany in the Second World War.

Weaponry worth $15 billion in Moscow pipeline, underlining Russia's status as India's premier arms supplier

In November, the same agency cited the general director of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, as saying deliveries would start in September 2021

Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin also said that a contract will shortly be finalised for joint production of Kamov light weight multi-role military helicopters for India

For 50 years, India kept irritating the US by wooing USSR and also not missing out on any opportunity to criticise America and American policies on every conceivable forum

Prime Minister Modi and President Putin held a bilateral meeting on the margins of the BRICS Summit on Wednesday and they reviewed the progress made in the bilateral ties

India announced its intention to acquire S-400 'Triumf' surface-to-air missile systems in 2015. The contract worth USD 5.43 billion was signed during the visit of President Putin to India last year

$12 billion of Make In India projects in hand, Moscow eyeing $25 billion more

India inked an agreement with Russia last October to procure a batch of the S-400 missile systems at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore

The Triumph missile deal comes amid US threat of sanctioning countries under CAATSA for their defence purchases with Russia