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Washington: After the threat of sweeping sanctions didn’t deter Russia’s attack on Ukraine, US Treasury Department officials and their counterparts in Europe now face the task of carrying through on their vow to make Russia’s economy and its elites pay a price. Key questions are whether sanctions will work and how to measure their impact. […]
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Vilnius: Viewed from Paris, London and Washington, the events unfolding in Ukraine may seem like a new Cold War taking shape in Europe. From the Baltic countries, it looks much worse. To Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians — particularly those old enough to have lived under Soviet control — Russia’s belligerence toward Ukraine has some worried […]
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Guterres opened an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council late Wednesday saying the day was full of rumours and indications that an offensive against Ukraine is imminent.
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In a televised address, Putin said the action comes in response to threats coming from Ukraine. He added that Russia doesn't have a goal to occupy Ukraine. Putin said the responsibility for bloodshed lies with the Ukrainian “regime”.
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The East-West face-off over Ukraine has reached dangerous levels following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s provocative move to recognise the independence of the two restive regions — Donetsk and Luhansk — in Eastern Ukraine and a strong response from the western nations in the form of sanctions. This is by far the most intense confrontation since […]
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Kyiv: Russia began evacuating its embassy in Kyiv, and Ukraine urged its citizens to leave Russia on Wednesday as the region braced for further confrontation after President Vladimir Putin received authorization to use military force outside his country and the West responded with sanctions. Hopes for a diplomatic way out of a new, potentially devastating […]
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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed two decrees recognizing “the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR)” and “the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)” as independent and sovereign states. At a ceremony held in the Kremlin on Monday, Putin also inked the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between Russia and the LPR and the DPR respectively […]
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As war clouds hover over Ukraine with the Western countries warning of an imminent Russian military invasion, there is still scope for diplomatic interventions to de-escalate the tensions and prevent a catastrophic war. While United States President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have cited intelligence inputs to claim that Russia is edging […]
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New Delhi: In a massive security upgrade of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a highly sophisticated car Mercedes-Maybach S650 Guard has been included in his cavalcade that can survive bullets and explosive blast, the sources in the security set up said. PM Modi was first spotted with the new car at Hyderabad House in Delhi while welcoming […]
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By D Bala Venkatesh Varma Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, for the 21st Annual Summit in New Delhi on 6th December. Though by normal diplomatic standards this official visit was a short one — President Putin was in Delhi for less than four hours — its timing and […]
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It is to the credit of Indian diplomacy that efforts are being made to deepen ties with Russia, sending important message to China and Pakistan
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The government is seeing it as an endeavour to provide a big boost to self-reliance in defence manufacturing in India.
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Moscow: Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov has successfully test launched a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from the White Sea, Russia’s Defence Ministry has said The missile hit a target that was located at a distance of more than 400 km, it added. The Tsirkon missile has been test-fired several times from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate and a […]
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Boycott threat to Beijing Winter Olympics will hurt athletes, who often fall victims to whimsical governments
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Biden has said it would be an important step if the United States and Russia were able to ultimately find “stability and predictability" in their relationship.
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He first became the President of Russia in 1999 and since then, has served three six-year terms as the President.
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The 44-year-old Navalny, an anti-corruption investigator who is the best-known critic of President Vladimir Putin, was arrested on January 17 upon returning from Germany.
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The two presidents agreed to have their teams work urgently to complete a five-year extension of the New START nuclear weapons treaty that expires next month.
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"The coronavirus pandemic and other challenges which the world faced in the outgoing year testified to the importance of broad international cooperation," Putin said, Xinhua news agency reported citing the Kremlin.
