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A view of the members of Russia’s State Duma Lower House of Parliament attending a plenary session in Moscow, on October 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Lower House of Russia’s Parliament on October 18 gave its final approval to a Bill revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty, a move…
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, on October 17, 2023. Credit: Sputnik/Grigory Sysoyev/Pool via REUTERS | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS Russian President Vladimir Putin faces no real competition ahead of next year’s election, his spokesman said on Tuesday,…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after speaking to the media during a signing ceremony following their talks at The Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023. Russian President Putin is expected to meet this week with Chinese leaders in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s…
Putin said that Israel has the right to ensure its peaceful existence. Bishkek: Acknowledging Israel’s right to self-defence in the face of Hamas’ attacks of “unprecedented brutality,” Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasised the “creation of an independent Palestine state with East Jerusalem as its capital” to resolve the issue, TASS reported. Russia proceeds “from the…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned Israeli forces’ expected ground offensive would bring unacceptable levels of civilian casualties, and that his country was ready to help with mediation efforts. “The use of heavy machinery in residential areas is a complex matter fraught with grave consequences,” Putin said, “most importantly, the civilian casualties will…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin. File. | Photo Credit: AP Vladimir Putin will visit Kyrgyzstan on October 12, the presidential office of the Central Asian country said, in what would be the Russian leader’s first known trip abroad since the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest. Mr. Putin has rarely travelled abroad since…
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South Korea’s Defence Minister said, on October 10, he would push to suspend a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement in order to resume frontline surveillance on rival North Korea, as the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas militants raised concerns in South Korea about similar assaults by the North. Also Read | What did Hamas achieve…
The unidentified Russian diplomats were given seven days to depart the US. The US expelled two Russian diplomats, weeks after Moscow ordered two Americans to leave, the latest tit-for-tat expulsions as relations continue to worsen between the two countries. The move came after Russia ousted the two US diplomats for contacts with a former consular…
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A man lights a candle at a makeshift memorial for Wagner private mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in central Moscow on October 1, 2023, to mark 40 days since his death as per Orthodox tradition. Yevgeny Prigozhin died with nine other people when a plane flying from Moscow to Saint Petersburg crashed on August 23….
Putin has repeatedly reminded the world of Russia’s nuclear might. Moscow: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had successfully tested a potent new strategic missile and declined to rule out the possibility it could carry out weapons tests involving nuclear explosions for the first time in more than three decades. Putin said for…
