Overview

• Tharoor met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Primakov Readings to discuss regional security and strategic partnership.
• In a viral exchange with Duma International Affairs Committee chair Leonid Slutsky, he condemned Pakistan’s role as a sanctuary for terror groups, delivering his critique in fluent French.
• Slutsky outlined plans for a seventh anti-terrorism conference early next year involving Turkey, Iran, Russia, India, Pakistan and China.
• The Moscow visit follows Tharoor’s leadership of an all-party delegation under Operation Sindoor, India’s post-Pahalgam outreach to expose Pakistan-sponsored terrorism.
• Alongside his diplomatic engagements, Tharoor is collaborating with Russia Today on a 10-part documentary series, Imperial Receipts, examining British colonialism and its legacy.