Putin is likely to visit India in early 2025 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian broadcaster CNN-News18 reported earlier, citing the Kremlin.

The Kremlin said on Monday that preparations were under way for Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit India but there were no exact dates yet. Putin is likely to visit India in early 2025 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

Putin last visited India in December 2021 — months before the war started in Ukraine. His planned visit is part of a protocol between India and Russia for reciprocal annual visits by their leaders. However, after the war began in Ukraine, there were no visits by either side, and it was only resumed when Modi went to Moscow in July this year.

A conservative Russian tycoon and Kremlin confidant said he believes Moscow will turn down any Ukraine ceasefire offer brokered by incoming US President Donald Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely reject U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace deal unless it includes concessions to Moscow, Western-sanctioned Russian tycoon and Kremlin confidant Konstantin Malofeyevsaid in two separate interviews with the Financial Times and Bloomberg.