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TOP LEADERS’ MEET Russian President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. AFP PHOTO
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin lauded India as "a great power" in New Delhi as the traditional allies bolstered their military and energy ties despite Washington's increasing courtship of the world's largest democracy.