Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday launched the India division of Russia’s state-funded television network RT in the national capital ‘RT India’.

“The primary objective of the RT network is to strengthen India-Russia relations through four daily English news programmes, and to highlight the growing influence of both countries in a multipolar world,” an official statement said.

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“The Press Trust of India (PTI) and Russian news agency TASS on Friday signed a cooperation agreement for regular exchange of news content on developments in India and Russia. The agreement was signed by Vijay Joshi, PTI’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief, and TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov on the sidelines of the India-Russia Business Forum in New Delhi coinciding with the visit of Russian P

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