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Putin, Zelenskyy Invite PM Modi After Elections: “See India As Peacemaker”

March 20, 2024 admin

In May last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Ukrainian President. (File Photo) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hours after speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Prime Minister’s conversation with the two leaders comes in the backdrop of Putin’s reelection as President and no sign of…

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Russia Hails ‘Record’ Win For Putin In Vote With No Opposition

March 18, 2024 admin

Moscow: Russia’s election commission on Monday hailed what it said were “record” results for President Vladimir Putin, guaranteeing the former spy a fifth term in office after a vote that featured no credible opposition. The Kremlin has presented the weekend election — marred by ballot spoilers and Ukrainian bombardments of border regions — as proof…

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Russia systematically tortures Ukraine POWs, U.N. commission says

March 15, 2024 admin

The UN body has previously documented a few cases of ill-treatment by Ukrainian forces of Russian detainees . File. | Photo Credit: AP A United Nations commission of inquiry on Ukraine said on March 15 that it had gathered more evidence that Russia has systematically tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war, documenting rape threats and the use…

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Russian leak of German military phone call explained: Details, fallout & effect on relations

March 15, 2024 admin

The story so far: On March 5, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius informed reporters in Berlin that Russian secret services had hacked into an unsecured phone line at a Singapore hotel to join a conference call between high-ranking German air force officers and leaked it to the public. A probe has been ordered into the…

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Russians head to polls in a vote set to extend Putin’s rule

March 15, 2024 admin

In this photo released by Official news Channel of the Administration of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Urban District, A woman casts a ballot at a polling station during a presidential election in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of Kamchatka Peninsula region, 6 797 km (4248 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, on March 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Voters headed…

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Voting Held In Kerala For Russian Presidential Elections

March 14, 2024 admin

Russia is all set to hold presidential elections from March 15-17. (File) Thiruvananthapuram: Russian citizens residing in Kerala cast their votes for the Russian presidential elections at the booth specifically arranged at the Honorary Consulate of the Russian Federation, Russian House, in Thiruvananthapuram. Ratheesh Nair, Honorary Consul of Russia and Director of the Russian House…

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Amid Ukraine War, Russia President Vladimir Putin Says Will Deploy Troops, Strike Systems Near New NATO Member Finland

March 13, 2024 admin

Putin said Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO is ‘a meaningless step’. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday vowed to deploy its troops and strike systems near the Finnish border following its accession to NATO, Al Jazeera reported. Putin said Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO is ‘a meaningless step’, adding that Russia will…

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Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons even as it lacks funds to replenish U.S. stockpile

March 12, 2024 admin

The White House has announced that the Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts March 13, 2024 03:17 am | Updated 03:17 am IST – WASHINGTON Representational file image. | Photo Credit: AP The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine…

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Putin Critic Exiled Navalny Ally Leonid Volkov Attacked With Hammer In Lithuania

March 12, 2024 admin

Leonid Volkov was a close ally of Alexei Navalny who died last month in February in an Arctic jail. Warsaw: Leonid Volkov, a close ally of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was attacked outside his home in Lithuania on Tuesday, independent Russian media outlets and Navalny’s spokeswoman said. “Leonid Volkov has just been attacked…

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Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board crashed on takeoff, officials say

March 12, 2024 admin

A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board crashed on March 12 while taking off from an air base in western Russia, the Defence Ministry said. The Ministry said the Il-76 aircraft with eight crew and seven passengers on board crashed in the Ivanovo region. It didn’t say whether there were any survivors….

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