Meanwhile, the Russian government recently hosted a World Youth Festival in Sochi, Russia, which had participants from over 100 countries and included a 360-member delegation from India. The last WYF was held in 2017.”The Indian flag was amongst the most recognized flags at the event and Indian delegates were welcomed by local Russians with anecdotes of old films and songs,’’ said Ambassador Alipov.Russian Federation President, Vladimir Putin, while interacting with some members of the delegation had said that “India and Russia were all-weather friends.’’The last high-level visit from India to Russia was of External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar in December last year where he also met President Putin and there was talk of the resumption of India Russian Summit this year, during which Prime Minister, Narendra Modi could visit Moscow.
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