A host of international, regional, and bilateral including Kudankulam Nuclear project, INS Vikramidtya (formerly Admiral Gorshkov) and Sistema telecom will also be discussed during the delegation level meeting between Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
"Let us wait till Monday. All kinds of agreements... We are cooperating in various fields. I am saying from the outer space to sea bottom. Even the sky is not the limit.
"That is why, a number of agreements, which will embrace and cover all fields of human activity between India and Russia, will be signed," Russian Ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin said.
The Russian envoy also asked not to "over dramatise" the bilateral issues but maintained that the Sistema, which found its 2G licence cancelled on order of the Supreme Court, was not "a judicial matter but political".
He said "important and significant" agreements in the field of energy and defence will be inked. The statement comes amid reports from Moscow that Putin hopes to conclude pacts on the sale of fighter jets and aircraft engines to India which could be worth more than a whopping USD 7.5 billion.
Russia is keen on selling 42 Sukhoi SU-30MKI fighters and providing long-term supply of 970 warplane engines.
Speaking on the issues relating to nuclear projects, the Russian Ambassador described Kudankulam 3 and 4 as "grandsons" of Kudankulam 1 and 2. He stressed that the agreements for 3 and 4 were finalised in 2008 and hence should not be come under the purview of the 2010 Civil Nuclear Liability Law.
"The agreement is ready. It can be signed any moment. But of course there is difference about liability. I think the situation is clear. It is normal for functioning of international treaties and agreements and long established centuries-old practice that it cannot be retroactive," he said. (MORE)
