In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (centre-L) and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre-R) visit an exhibition during the BRICS Business Forum 2026 in New Delhi on September 11, 2026. (Photo by Vladimir SMIRNOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) / Editor's note: this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (centre-L) and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre-R) visit an exhibition during the BRICS Business Forum 2026 in New Delhi on September 11, 2026. (Photo by Vladimir SMIRNOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) / Editor's note: this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit an exhibition during the BRICS Business Forum 2026 in New Delhi on September 11, 2026. (Photo by Vladimir SMIRNOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) / Editor's note: this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit an exhibition during the BRICS Business Forum 2026 in New Delhi on September 11, 2026. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) / Editor's note: this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (centre-L) and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre-R) visit an exhibition during the BRICS Business Forum 2026 in New Delhi on September 11, 2026. (Photo by Vladimir SMIRNOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) / Editor's note: this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the BRICS Business Forum 2026 in New Delhi on September 11, 2026. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) / Editor's note: this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) attend the BRICS Business Forum 2026 in New Delhi on September 11, 2026. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) / Editor's note: this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, (L-R front row) India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa pose for a photo with the leaders of the BRICS Business Council and the BRICS Women's Business Alliance during the BRICS Business Forum 2026 in New Delhi on September 11, 2026. (Photo by Dmitry AZAROV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) / Editor's note: this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik