President Pranab Mukherjee, currently on his four-day official tour to Russia, met Indian Ambassador PS Raghavan in Moscow on Friday.
The President met Raghavan at the Hotel Ritz-Carlton on the Tverskaya Street of the Russian capital.
Later in the day, President Mukherjee will be conferred with an honorary Doctorate by the Russian Diplomatic Academy.
The President is in Moscow to witness the Victory Day parade on Saturday, which marks the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Allied forces in the Second World War.