🇷🇺🇮🇳 On February 4, in New Delhi Russia's Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev had a meeting with India's Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri.

🤝 They reviewed the ongoing Russian-Indian cooperation in the energy sector as well as discussed prospects for further collaboration.

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🇷🇺 📚 🇮🇳 On February 4, India's Sahitya Akademi hosted a round table on translation with the participation of diplomats of the Russian Embassy in India.

🟣 The meeting of Russian and Indian authors and interpreters took place on the sidelines of the New Delhi World Book Fair 2025.

👥 Among the participants of the round table were prominent literary critic and Director of the State Literary Museum Dmitry Bak, Chairman of the Association of Unions of Writers and Publishers of Russia and Member of the State Duma Sergey Shargunov, popular writer Anna Shipilova and members of the Russian delegation at the fair.

💬 The need to strengthen the work on translating contemporary authors was noted, current problems facing interpreters of literary texts were discussed, plans were outlined for the implementation of joint creative initiatives — from publishing a special "Indian" edition of the "Yunost" magazine to establishing a prize for translators of the two countries.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 On February 5, as part of the theatre festival "Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2025" organized in New Delhi by the National School of Drama, the play "Balzaminov's Marriage" directed by Nina Chusova was performed by the Russian troupe of the GITIS student theatre.

🎭 Ironically integrating the play written by Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky in 1861 into the realities of the 1990s, the director presented the Indian audience with a bright comedy that left no spectator indifferent.

🟣 In her address after the play, Spouse of the Ambassador of Russia to India Diana Alipova noted the high level of skill of the young artists and underscored that the language of theater is universal for people all over the world.

💬 Following the performance, the members of the troupe answered questions from the audience and talked about the process of creating the production.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 On February 6, the Russian House in New Delhi hosted a solemn reception of the Russian Embassy in India dedicated to the New Delhi World Book Fair 2025 held on February 1-9.

🟣 This year Russia is participating in the event as the Focus Country.

👥 The reception was attended by representatives of the National Book Trust of India — the organizer of the fair, leading Indian and Russian publishing houses, cultural and academic circles, the diplomatic corps and the media, as well as public figures and compatriots.

💬 Spouse of the Russian Ambassador to India Diana Alipova and Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office in India Elena Remizova delivered welcoming addresses.

🎵 A bright highlight of the evening was the concert of the folk choreographic ensemble "Echo of the Mountains" from Khasavyurt, Dagestan, who demonstrated colorful and fiery dances of the peoples of the Republic.

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🇷🇺 Beauty and mighty — Su-57 at Aero India 2025! 🇮🇳

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📆 Today, on the eve of Russia's Diplomatic Workers' Day, we honour our legendary predecessors and outstanding mentors. Among them is Alexander Mikhailovich Kadakin (1949-2017).

Having gone through all the stages of the diplomatic career, Alexander Kadakin headed Russian diplomatic foreign missions four times — in Nepal, Sweden and twice in India in 1999-2004 and 2009-2017 and entered the history as one of the most notable representatives of the Russian modern diplomatic school.

🇷🇺🇮🇳 The work of his whole life was to strengthen friendly relations with India, and in this he reached unrivaled heights. His name is known to everyone in India; Prime Ministers Indira and Rajiv Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh, and the current head of the Government of India, Narendra Modi, considered Alexander Kadakin their friend. Under him, the Russian-Indian ties reached the level of strategic, and then — special and privileged strategic partnership. To this day, Alexander Mikhailovich is the only foreign ambassador in whose honour one of the central streets of New Delhi is named.

✍️ Over the years of his work, Alexander Mikhailovich trained a whole galaxy of Russian diplomats-Indologists, who strive to carry his mantle with dignity. A diplomat, teacher, publicist, interpreter, Kadakin wrote the best guide to the ancient sights of the Indian capital.

The name of Alexander Mikhailovich Kadakin is rightfully inscribed in golden letters in the annals of Russian diplomacy and foreign policy. His contribution to strengthening the position of our country in India and in the international arena is great. We remember and pay homage to Alexander Kadakin as a wise mentor, a brilliant scholar, a professional with extensive experience, an iconic figure in Russian Indology.

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