Moscow/New Delhi, Dec 4, 2025

Hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrival in India, a throwback image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from his visit to Moscow with late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is once again being widely shared on social media, spotlighting the deep friendship between both nations which has bolstered further over the last decade.

The image – from Late PM Vajpayee’s State Visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin in November 2001 – shows PM Modi, then the Chief Minister of Gujarat, witnessing the signing of various documents – including the Moscow Declaration between India and Russia on International Terrorism.

The Gujarat CM also signed an agreement titled ‘the Protocol of Cooperation between Astrakhan Region of Russian

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