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Moscow Denies ‘Baseless’ Claim Russia Behind Fake US Election Video

November 2, 2024 admin

Moscow: Moscow on Saturday denied it was behind fake videos about the US election after American intelligence said Russia was behind a fake video showing a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times. Three US intelligence agencies on Friday said in a joint statement that “Russian influence actors” created the video as part of…

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West’s Efforts To Isolate Russia Are Failing

November 1, 2024 admin

The BRICS summit in Kazan chaired by Russia has drawn great international attention because it conveys many messages in the current geopolitical context and that of the future. The West has tried to isolate Russia internationally, defeat it militarily, and, through an array of draconian sanctions, cause its economic collapse. None of these objectives have…

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Ukraine, Russia In Talks For Halting Airstrikes On Energy Sites: Report

October 30, 2024 admin

Ukraine and Russia are in the early stages of negotiations about potentially halting airstrikes on each other’s energy facilities, the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. The FT, citing sources late on Tuesday who it said included senior Ukrainian officials, reported that Ukraine was seeking to resume talks that had come…

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US’ Sanctions Regime Is Backfiring Now

October 29, 2024 admin

It is hard to miss the irony. The idea for a new trans-border payment system and a new currency was apparently discussed at the recently concluded BRICS summit in Russia, a country that has earned the reputation for being the world’s most sanctioned nation. Today, global transactions rely on the SWIFT system, with the US…

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6 Russian Convicts Escape Prison Through Secret Tunnel, Manhunt Launched

October 26, 2024 admin

Moscow: Russian authorities announced a manhunt on Saturday after six convicts escaped their correctional facility through a secret tunnel. Prison guards in the western Lipetsk region were alerted to their disappearance after carrying out a routine inspection. “In general regime penal colony No. 2, an underground tunnel was discovered during a patrol of the premises,”…

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India At BRICS And The Curious Case Of Iran

October 24, 2024 admin

All eyes have been on Iran for more than a year. Naturally, the first BRICS summit with Tehran’s membership is bound to breed speculation about what the prospective new world order would look like. At home, there needs to be an examination of India’s bilateral ties with a country that is seen firmly anti-West in…

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India At BRICS And The Curious Case Of Iran

October 24, 2024 admin

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BRICS+ Wants To Reshape US-led Economic Order. It Won’t Be Easy

October 22, 2024 admin

It is 15 years since its first summit. Back then. BRICS was BRIC. And now, it’s not just BRICS but BRICS+. The summit in Kazan is seeing the member nations go up from five to nine, with one more, Saudi Arabia, having been invited to join. According to Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, there are…

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85 Indians Discharged From Russian Military Ahead Of BRICS Summit

October 21, 2024 admin

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday that efforts are on to secure release of 20 more Indians. New Delhi: Eighty-five Indian nationals have been discharged from the Russian military so far and efforts are on to secure the release of 20 more Indians, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday. The Indian side is…

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Russia says glide bombs strike Ukrainian troops in Kursk border region, state news reports

October 13, 2024 admin

There was no immediate information on the outcome of the reported strike. File | Photo Credit: AP Russian glide bombs have struck a concentration of Ukrainian troops near the border of Russia’s western Kursk region, state news agency TASS quoted the defence ministry as saying on Sunday (October 13, 2024). There was no immediate information…

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