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PM Modi in Russia: U.S. says it has raised concerns with India of ties with Russia

July 9, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin embrace during an informal meeting at Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, Russia, on July 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The United States has raised concerns with India about its relationship with Russia amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, a U.S. State Department spokesperson told reporters on Monday…

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Kremlin says PM Modi’s visit could deepen Russian trade ties to India

July 2, 2024 admin

File picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the final details of a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russia were being worked out, and that deepening trade and economic cooperation would be one of the key…

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Russia accuses U.S. of seeking to weaponise outer space

May 22, 2024 admin

Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia “will continue to make an unwavering contribution to keeping outer space free of weapons of any kind and preventing it from becoming another sphere of tension and armed confrontation”. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia on May 21 said the United States was seeking to place weapons…

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Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia’s Defence Minister as he starts his fifth term

May 13, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 12 replaced Sergei Shoigu as Defence Minister in a Cabinet shakeup that comes as he begins his fifth term in office. In line with Russian law, the entire Russian Cabinet resigned on Tuesday following Mr. Putin’s glittering inauguration in the Kremlin, and most members have been widely expected to…

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Russia denies U.S. accusation of using chemical agent chloropicrin in Ukraine

May 3, 2024 admin

File picture of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov | Photo Credit: AP Russia on Thursday denied a U.S. accusation that its forces in Ukraine had violated an international ban on chemical weapons by using substances including a prohibited choking agent. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow remained bound by its obligations under the treaty…

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Russia renews big attacks on Ukrainian power grid using better intelligence and new tactics

April 5, 2024 admin

When the Russian barrage hit the Ukrainian power plant, a worker named Taras was manning the control panel — a crucial task that required him to stay as the air-raid siren blared and his colleagues ran for safety. After the deafening explosions came a cloud of smoke, then darkness. Fires blazed, and shrapnel pierced the…

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Russia arrests three on charges of planning terrorist attacks

March 31, 2024 admin

People laying bouquets of flowers in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian authorities on March 31 arrested three persons in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on charges of planning terrorist attacks, following a deadly attack on a concert hall near…

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IS-Khorasan’s attacks in Russia, Iran point to an Islamic State resurgence | Analysis

March 26, 2024 admin

In June 2015, a few months after the Islamic State (IS) announced the establishment of its Wilayat Khorasan (Khorasan Province), the Taliban wrote a letter to the then IS chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, asking him to stop recruiting jihadists in Afghanistan. The letter, signed by the then political committee chief of the Taliban, Mullah Akhtar…

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Vladimir Putin | Reign of the patriarch

March 18, 2024 admin

There was no surprise. When Russia’s election authorities announced results of the presidential election, Vladimir Putin, who has been in power for nearly a quarter century, was elected for another term. He won 87% of votes, extending his reign for six more years, while his closest rival, Nikolay Kharitonov of the Communist Party of Russian…

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Putin signs bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty

November 2, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: AP President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban, a move that Moscow said was needed to establish parity with the United States. Mr. Putin has said that rescinding the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,…

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