The Eastern Economic forum has been meeting since 2015 to discuss business and investments in Russia's far east region. Putin had also mentioned in his recent address to Kremlin that PM Modi and Japan's Shinzo Abe will be attending the EEF this year.
An interesting video has gone viral, in which senior journalist Ashok Shrivastav can be heard describing anecdotes, which explain the murkier relationship between the media and the past Congress government