SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian premier Narendra Modi looked to bolster declining trade Thursday, as the defiant Russian strongman sought to burnish a fragile recovery at the Kremlin’s economic showcase despite tensions with the West.
Among the deals Modi and Putin oversaw on the third leg of the Indian leader’s four-nation tour of Europe was the inking of an agreement for Moscow to build two more reactors at a nuclear plant in southern India.
Modi is the guest of honour at this year’s three-day Saint Petersburg Economic Forum — Russia’s answer to Davos — that Putin wants to use …read more
Source: The Manila Times
