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Jaishankar to visit Russia for trade talks August 23-24

The External Affairs Minister will co-chair a key bilateral commission meeting with his Russian counterpart.

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Jaishankar to visit Russia for trade talks August 23-24

What this story says

  • External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Russia on August 23-24, 2026.
  • The visit is to co-chair the 27th session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC).
  • Jaishankar will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the trip.
  • The visit is at the invitation of Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov.

Who covered it

Left 11%(1)Centre 22%(2)Right 67%(6)

Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 13 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

50/100

Craft

60/100

Hype

20/100

13 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 1 of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to visit Russia on August 23 and 24, 2026. The purpose of the visit is to co-chair the 27th session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC). The Ministry of External Affairs announced the visit on Saturday, August 22, 2026. Jaishankar will also hold discussions with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on regional and global issues.

The trip is being made at the invitation of Denis Manturov, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister. Jaishankar and Manturov are the co-chairs of the IRIGC-TEC. The commission has two divisions; the other focuses on military and military-technical cooperation and is headed by the defence ministers of both countries.

Context of the visit

The Hindu Business Line noted that the visit occurs amid threats from US President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on countries that purchase Russian oil, gas, and uranium. The Ministry of External Affairs stated that Jaishankar and Lavrov would exchange perspectives on regional and global issues during their meeting.

What the coverage left out

None of the left or centre-rated reports mention the context of US President Donald Trump's tariff threats on countries buying Russian oil, gas, and uranium, a detail noted by The Hindu Business Line in its right-rated coverage.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 22 Aug 2026, 13:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How other outlets pictured it

Which photograph to run is each newsroom’s own choice. The leaning beside a name is that outlet’s published rating, not a claim that the pictures divide along it. Every picture is shown from the outlet’s own server and links to the article it ran in.

Jaishankar to visit Russia for trade talks August 23-24
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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

1 rated outlet

  • The Hindu, the sole left-rated report, focused on the dates of the visit and the commission meeting. It quoted the Ministry of External Affairs statement detailing the invitation from Denis Manturov and the planned meeting with Sergey Lavrov to discuss regional and global issues. The report included a photograph of Jaishankar speaking at an event in Manila.

Centre

2 rated outlets

  • Live Mint and The Economic Times, the centre-rated reports, both led with the dates of Jaishankar's visit and his role in co-chairing the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission. They reported that the visit is at the invitation of First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov and that Jaishankar will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Discussions are expected to cover bilateral cooperation and regional and global issues.

Right

6 rated outlets

  • Six right-rated reports from The Hindu Business Line, Latestly, Tribune India, aninews.in, Moneycontrol, and Times of India all highlighted the dates of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's visit to Russia. They consistently reported that he would co-chair the 27th session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) and meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The Hindu Business Line specifically noted the visit occurs amid US President Donald Trump's tariff threats on countries buying Russian oil, gas, and uranium.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Jaishankar to visit Russia for trade talks August 23-24?
Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 11% are rated left, 22% are rated centre, 67% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 13. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Jaishankar to visit Russia for trade talks August 23-24 left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Jaishankar to visit Russia for trade talks August 23-24 biased?
Jaishankar to visit Russia for trade talks August 23-24 is one event reported by 13 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Jaishankar to visit Russia for trade talks August 23-24?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Jaishankar to visit Russia for trade talks August 23-24?
13 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
When will S Jaishankar visit Russia?
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to visit Russia on August 23-24, 2026. The visit is at the invitation of Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov.
What is the purpose of Jaishankar's visit to Russia?
The primary purpose of the visit is to co-chair the 27th session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC). He will also meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss regional and global issues.
What is the IRIGC-TEC?
The India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) is a body that oversees bilateral cooperation between India and Russia in various sectors including trade, economy, science, technology, and culture.

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Right

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