🇷🇺🇮🇳 During his official visit to India, Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin had a meeting with Governor of Maharashtra Chandrapuram Radhakrishnan in Mumbai.

They discussed issues of expanding interregional trade, economic, social and cultural ties.

👥 The meeting was also attended by Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rahul Narwekar.

The Chairman of the State Duma noted that one of the objectives of the visit of the State Duma delegation to India is to get acquainted with the development of one of the leading states of the country. "It is important for us to study issues of humanitarian cooperation at the interregional level, because strong regions mean a strong country," he underscored.

"We have a lot in common: as states with a federal structure, we can exchange practices, approaches, solutions in terms of regional development," added Vyacheslav Volodin.

"We are glad to see such a high-level delegation in Mumbai. Maharashtra is one of the key regions of India, it is a leading state in many sectors of the economy, and you are right when you say that strong regions mean a strong country," Chandrapuram Radhakrishnan said.

☝🏻 He emphasized that Russia and India have long-standing friendly ties that are actively developing, including within BRICS.

The Chairman of the State Duma drew attention to the need to exchange experience not only in the field of industry and economics, but also in science and education.

The Governor of Maharashtra noted the interest of Indian students in studying the Russian language: one of the leading departments for it operates at the University of Mumbai, but, in his opinion, the number of universities where Russian is taught should be increased.

Earlier, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin had a meeting with Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rahul Narwekar.

🤝 They discussed issues of legislative support for trade and economic cooperation at the interregional level, as well as the development of humanitarian ties, including in scientific and educational spheres.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 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 1, in Prayagraj, Spouse of the Russian Ambassador to India Diana Alipova, as part of a delegation of representatives of the diplomatic corps, attended one of the most important Hindu festivals — Maha Kumbh Mela.

🙏 During the event, Diana Alipova took part in the ablution ceremony at Triveni Sangam — the confluence of sacred rivers — the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, and made offerings at the ancient temple Lete Hanuman Mandir, as well as attended a meeting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and visited the sacred tree Akshayavat.

"I express my gratitude to the Ministry of External Affairs of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh for organizing the trip to the world's largest religious festival, Maha Kumbh Mela. It helped me get to know better the cultural and religious traditions of India, included in the UNESCO heritage," Diana Alipova underscored.

🟣 The mass pilgrimage as part of the Maha Kumbh Mela takes place once every 144 years.

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