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PM Modi to skip annual summit with Russia's Putin over Ukraine nuke threats

It would mark only the second time the leaders of India and Russia haven't met face to face since 2000, when the relationship was elevated to a strategic partnership

PM Modi with President Putin
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PM Modi with Russian President Putin (Photo: Bloomberg)

Sudhi Ranjan Sen | Bloomberg News
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t be holding an annual in-person summit with Vladimir Putin after the Russian president threatened to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The relationship between India and Russia remains strong but trumpeting the friendship at this point may not be beneficial for Modi, said a senior official with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue. 

It would mark only the second time the leaders of India and Russia haven’t met face to face since 2000,

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