Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed his country’s growing relations with Russia as he met President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS summit of emerging powers.

During his visit, PM Modi is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from BRICS member countries

Russia wants the BRICS summit to showcase the rising clout of the non-Western world, but Moscow's partners from China, India, Brazil and the Arab world are urging President Putin to find a way to end the war in Ukraine.

India's Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the eve of the BRICS summit that he wanted peace in Ukraine and that New Delhi was ready to help achieve a truce to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in the Russian city of Kazan for the BRICS summit organised by the Kremlin, where he met and hugged Russian leader Vladimir Putin and said that India supports a peaceful resolution of the war against Ukraine and is ready to help in this.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine in an attempt to end the war, over two and a half years after Russia invaded its smaller neighbour. "We fully support the early establishment of peace and stability,