Moscow, February 15 Maxim Oreshkin, a senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will lead a large delegation to the AI Impact Summit, which will be held in New Delhi starting Monday.
India is set to host the AI Impact Summit 2026, a high-profile gathering of global leaders and industry experts in Artificial Intelligence, from February 16-20 at New Delhi's 'Bharat Mandapam,' bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, and technology innovators.
Oreshkin, who is Deputy Chief of the Kremlin staff and an economic aide to President Putin, is scheduled to lead the Russian delegation to the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
This decision to send Oreshkin highlights a strategic push for AI collaboration between the two nations, a Kremlin source told news agency PTI, adding that the delegation will focus on secure, trusted, and sovereign AI, with active engagement in discussions on AI governance, technology, and partnerships within BRICS and other platforms.
In an interview to BRICS TV Network on February 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted: "India also emphasizes ICT security, which we actively support, contributing to the agenda. This is significant, as norms regulating AI use between states, and AI applications by individual states, are only now being established."
Lavrov said these norms will regulate behaviors that affect security. "Some countries are actively introducing AI into military applications. While each state has the right to determine its own approach, certain countries are already attempting to centralize control, subordinating what states can and may do with AI in the military sphere," he said.
BRICS members will not accept infringements on their sovereignty, yet transparency remains crucial, the minister added.
In an article published by state-run news agency TASS on Friday, India's Ambassador to Russia Vinay Kumar outlined the promising prospects for India–Russia cooperation in the field of Artificial Intelligence, highlighting the growing strategic and technological partnership between the two nations.
The synergy between Moscow and New Delhi in AI would act as a catalyst for shared growth and technological advancement of the two strategic partners, Ambassador Kumar said.