Putin to Visit India as Trump Slaps Tariffs Over Russian Oil Trade

August 7, 2025

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin may visit India in the last week of this year. According to Russian news agency TASS, this information has been given by India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

“We now have a very good relationship, which we value. There is a strong partnership between our countries and we talk at a high level,” Doval said during his meeting with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.

India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval arrived in Russia on Wednesday. He may also meet President Putin. This is Doval’s first visit to Moscow after Operation Sindoor.

The visit assumes significance owing to comments made by US President Donald Trump on India’s relations with Russia.

Trump first imposed 25% and then 50% tariff on India citing the reason of buying oil from Russia.

Putin last came to India in 2021

President Putin visited India on 06 December 2021. Then he came to India for just 4 hours. During this time 28 agreements were signed between India and Russia. This included military and technical agreements. Both the countries had set a target of 30 billion dollars (2 lakh 53 thousand crores rupees) annual trade by 2025.

This will be Putin’s first visit to India since the Ukraine war began in February 2022. This visit is expected to advance a new economic roadmap for 2030 between the two countries.

India and Russia have agreed to double their bilateral trade to over $100 billion annually. Currently, the bilateral trade between the two countries is around $60 billion.