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The writer was secretary in the ministry of external affairs and a former Ambassador of India to Russia

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

P.S. Raghavan | The man who brought down the Iron Curtain

Gorbachev's was an unlikely story of a peasant boy from rural Russia climbing up the greasy pole of Soviet politics

1 Sept 2022 6:32 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazils President Michel Temer and Russian President Vladimir Putin get ready for a group photo at the Brics Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Amid a changing world, can Brics find new role?

A British economist had coined the acronym Bric in 2001, identifying four high-growth economies that could dominate...

20 Nov 2019 8:52 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin to his 7 Lok Kalyan Marg residence on Thursday evening, where Mr Modi later hosted a dinner for his distinguished guest. The two will hold summit talks on Friday. (Photo: AP)

India, Russia: New contours of an old partnership

The joint statement did not shy away from expressing perspectives different from those of the United States and its...

9 Sept 2019 6:32 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)

Putin in India: Test of a strategic partnership

Russia is under pressure from Western actions seeking to constrain its international political and economic activity.

3 Oct 2018 6:39 PM

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to the media after their meeting in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. (Photo: AP)

Chemistry of a thaw at encounter in Helsinki

The two leaders displayed an easy cordiality and mutual respect.

19 July 2018 12:52 AM

President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their meet on Sentosa Island, Singapore. (Photo: AP)

Geopolitical waters are getting choppier

The recent tweets, words and actions by the Trump administration have created a wider churn in international relations.

23 Jun 2018 12:16 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: File/AFP)

New strategies for an old partnership

The US decision to pull out of the multilateral nuclear deal with Iran has upset its allies.

20 May 2018 11:58 PM

US President Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the APEC summit in Vietnam. (Photo: AP )

Diplomacy by blackmail

A wedge was driven between Turkey, which endorsed the strikes, and its Russian and Iranian partners in the Syrian...

21 April 2018 9:26 PM

A robust Russia-Japan partnership can be a powerful counterweight to China in the Asia-Pacific.

2016 Fear vs Hope: Putin could be Trump's trump card for 2017

A strategic alignment of Russian and American foreign policy will bring solutions to problems that have been haunting...

31 Dec 2016 6:44 PM