Moscow, May 19 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the BRICS summit scheduled to be held in New Delhi later this year under India's chairmanship for the year 2026, the Kremlin has confirmed.

Russian Embassy in South Africa, in a post on social media platform X, cited an aide to Putin, Yury Ushakov, as saying that the Russian President will attend the BRICS Summit from September 12 to 13.

"President of Russia Vladimir Putin will attend the BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12-13 - Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov," the X post read.

This will be the second visit for Putin to India in a year. He was last in New Delhi for the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit that took place in December 2025.

Earlier this month, the Foreign Minist...