India and Russia will strike an energy partnership when Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts President Vladimir Putin on Dec. 9 to prepare the way for two Siberian oil deals and chart a route for a first pipeline between the two countries.
Reuters: India, Russia to set out energy vision, Siberian deals eyed
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education at the St George's Hall of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg on Dec. 8, 2014.