Russian President Vladimir Putin will “definitely” attend the BRICS summit in India slated for later this year, Russia's local news agency TASS reported citing Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
Putin had visited India in December 2025. (File Photo / Sonu Mehta / HT Archive)
The exact dates and schedule for the 18th BRICS summit scheduled in India are not yet known.
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The theme for India’s BRICS chairship this year is “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”, which reflects a people-centric and humanity-first approach as articulated by PM Modo at the 2025 Rio Summit. Before this, India hosted the 13th BRICS Summit on 9 September, 2021, under the theme “BRICS @ 15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus.”
Putin's second visit within a year
Putin's upcoming visit to India for the BRICS summit, as confirmed by the Kremlin spokesperson, would be his second within a year. Earlier, the Russian President visited India during the first week of December 2025 for the 23rd India - Russia Annual Summit at the invitation of PM Modi.
During that visit, both the leaders reaffirmed their support for further strengthening of the special and privileged strategic partnership between India and Russia.
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They also discussed the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, as PM Modi called for a peaceful end to the war through means of dialogue and diplomacy.
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They also discussed the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, as PM Modi called for a peaceful end to the war through means of dialogue and diplomacy.
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During the visit, India and Russia signed an MoU in cooperation in the port and shipping sector and also agreed to deepen cooperation in building stable and efficient transport corridors.
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