Sanctions resulting from Vladimir Putin 's full-scale invasion of Ukraine are hampering the construction of a Moscow-funded nuclear energy plant in NATO member Turkey, the head of Russia's atomic energy agency said.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he thinks it impossible that Russian President Vladimir Putin would attack a NATO country. "No serious person can speak of Russia intending to attack NATO," Orbán told the German newspaper Bild in an interview released on Monday.

India has begun cutting down on Russian-made weaponry, as Putin struggles to supply his own armed forces in Ukraine while supporting Modi's arsenal.

India is determined to keep its close ties to Russia despite pressure from the West. Russia sees the meeting as a chance to show it still has influential friends.

PM Narendra Modi is in Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The visit, a first by Modi since the Ukraine war broke out, will see the two world leaders discuss global as well as regional issues,