【Pskov: The Russian side did not know in advance that Modi would personally greet Putin at the tarmac】
On December 4, 2025, in New Delhi, Dmitry Pskov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia and Kremlin Spokesperson, told Russian journalist Pavel Zharubin from Rossiya 1:
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin at the tarmac (Dharampuri Air Force Base). This was a sudden decision, and we had not known about it beforehand. A welcome ceremony was held at the airport.
It is worth emphasizing that while Lao Liu was writing this article, Putin and Modi had already taken the same car to the center of New Delhi. According to what Pskov and Ushakov said yesterday, the key point of Putin's visit to India was these informal private meetings.
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