PM Modi-Putin Meet Sets The Stage For BRICS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi on September 11, a day before the BRICS Leaders‘ Summit formally opens. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed the engagement, noting the two leaders remain in close and continuing contact.
Peskov, briefing reporters virtually from Moscow, said the two sides would first work through the bilateral agenda before turning to the wider BRICS discussions — trade and economic cooperation chief among them.
Su-57 Jets And Nuclear Plants On The Table
The headline item, per Peskov, is the potential sale of Su-57 fighter aircraft to India, alongside Russia’s willingness to discuss technology transfer New Delhi has been seeking. Moscow is also expecting talks on new nuclear power plants, with security, counter-narcotics, counterterrorism and space cooperation rounding out the agenda.
This will be the second Modi-Putin meeting in a matter of weeks. The two last met on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where Modi told Putin it was time to end the “endless” war in Ukraine. The Delhi meeting also comes days after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar‘s visit to both Ukraine and Russia.
The Currency Signal
Peskov used the briefing to flag a quieter shift: roughly 90 percent of transactions between Russia and BRICS nations are now settled in national currencies rather than the US dollar. He framed this as a matter of flexibility rather than an anti-dollar campaign, while pointing to how certain countries have used currency access as a lever of political pressure — an implicit reference to Western sanctions on Moscow.
India’s Fourth Turn At The Chair
The 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit runs September 12–13 at Bharat Mandapam, with a Business Forum and a Women’s Business Alliance session on September 11. India took over the BRICS presidency on January 1, its fourth time chairing the bloc, under the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.” Under this chairship, India has run more than 350 BRICS-related meetings across over 25 cities.
Putin will be joined at the summit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, among other leaders of the now 11-member expanded grouping.
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Time for a meeting with Mr. Utsav immediately. Want his views instantly
1) If Russia decides to n-bomb UK, France, Germany
2) Multiple locatioins in respective areas
3) Yet get the Utsav Dada + Putin Dada No.1 welcome like USA got after 2 n-bombs drop on Japan
4) May be Russia will never be same to play with in near future, though it may have some problems to cope, first they have to erase the Joker – Zelensky
5) With that n-bomb entire Europe will be silenced on what their political leaders have brought such misery on them.
6) For Europe to live, they need resources and got to bend to Russia / Vladimir Putin – The Satan on earth as they say. They like Satan so much, time for Putin to give them a piece of Satan can do with them – to make European leaders own words TRUE
All noise no real gains ?