New Delhi: When the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aircraft was taxiing after touchdown at Delhi’s Palam Airport, he may not have been aware till later that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was himself waiting at the red carpet to welcome him.

As state-sponsored RT, earlier known as Russia Today, reported, “Modi has broken protocol to meet the Russian leader, whom he calls his friend, personally upon his disembarkation.”

And to commemorate this special edition of the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit, a tradition dating back to 2000, the President will also launch RT India on Friday, December 5.

The Moscow-based global TV news network will roll out four daily news programmes in English. It aims to boost traditional ties between India and Russia as well as the countries’ growing influence

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