Putin aide Maxim Oreshkin will lead Russia’s delegation to India’s AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, highlighting a strategic push for sovereign AI cooperation and emerging global norms on AI governance.
A senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Maxim Oreshkin, will head a sizeable delegation to the AI Impact Summit scheduled to begin in New Delhi on Monday.
India will host the AI Impact Summit 2026 from February 16 to 20 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The event is expected to draw prominent global leaders, policymakers, industry captains and technology innovators working in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Oreshkin, who serves as deputy chief of the Kremlin staff and acts as President Putin’s economic adviser, is slated to lead Russia’s official delegation to the summit.
His participation signals Moscow’s strategic intent to deepen AI cooperation with New Delhi. A Kremlin source told PTI that the Russian delegation will prioritise discussions around secure, trusted and sovereign AI, while actively contributing to deliberations on AI governance, technological collaboration and partnerships within BRICS and other multilateral frameworks.
In an interview to BRICS TV Network on February 9, Russian Foreign Minister Segei Lavrov noted: “India also emphasises 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 behaviours 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 centralise 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.
With inputs from agencies
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