The US president had hit India with a further 25% tariff over its purchases of Russian oil, arguing it was funding the war in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an annual summit, focusing on diversifying economic ties.

Compounding the problem is a brain drain, with top talent fleeing Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. Cut off from international markets, Russian AI companies attracted about $30 million in venture funding last year. OpenAI alone raised more than $6 billion last year.

The Russian President's India trip comes as relations between Washington and Delhi remain strained, writes Harsh V. Pant.

Putin has repeatedly falsely claimed to capture Ukrainian cities prematurely.

An inquiry into Ms Sturgess' death in 2018 came after an attempt to poison an ex-Russian double agent living in Salisbury.

Jared Kushner, left, with Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff before their meeting at the Kremlin on Tuesday © Alexander Kazakov/Pool/AFP/. Donald Trump’s

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been blamed for organising assassinations of his biggest critics over the years, with many of the deaths never solved and officially put down to accidents or suici