"Playing games" with India related to influence on its politics from outside has no future — the country pursues a nationally-oriented leadership, the Russian leader said.
"India is a great culture," the Russian leader continued. "It is very interesting, diverse and colourful. Well, Russia is probably one of the few countries in the world where Indian films are regularly broadcast on national TV channels. That's for sure. I don't know any other country like that. So there's a lot of things that connect us."
Last year, Vladimir Putin said he could not imagine Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi being "forced to act" against the interests of India or the Indian people.