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K.C. Singh | Global churn ahead: More polls loom after Putin win

Putin's Victory and the Global Balance of Power: A Critical Analysis

22 Mar 2024 12:05 AM

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik late on February 22, 2024, Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers an address on Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Kremlin in Moscow. (Photo by Alexander_KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)

AA Edit | Putin’s ‘sweep’ is no surprise

As Putin secures another term amidst controversy, his grip on power and geopolitical ambitions come into focus, raising concerns globally.

19 Mar 2024 12:05 AM

People attend a protest march near the Russian emabssy in Berlin, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, to comemorate Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died Friday, aged 47, in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia's prison agency said. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

AA Edit | Navalny a heroic figure of hope

World mourns Alexei Navalny's death, questions his return to Russia; Wife Yulia to lead dissident movement from abroad against Putin

18 Feb 2024 11:48 PM

AA Edit | Putin tastes humiliation

Will the mercenary group Wagner’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leave President Vladimir Putin considerably weakened?

26 Jun 2023 12:19 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Russia-China and West: Who’s on top as new world order emerging?

Mr Macron’s persistent advice to Europe has been to disengage from US policies, whether in Ukraine or in Taiwan.

24 Apr 2023 12:50 AM

AA Edit | All eyes on Xi-Putin meet

The Chinese supremo may, however, view his association with Russia as a golden opportunity to pursue his agenda for peace.

20 Mar 2023 12:50 AM

A multi-store building burns after being attacked by Russian airstrike in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Friday, March 17, 2023. (Photo: AP)

Russian attacks continue in wake of Putin arrest warrant

Ukraine was attacked by 16 Russian drones on Friday night, the Ukrainian Air Force said in the early hours of Saturday

18 Mar 2023 4:13 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Summit of leaders from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Astana, Kazakhstan. (AP)

If NATO clashes with Russian army, it will lead to global catastrophe: Putin

Earlier, Putin had warned that he would use nuclear weapons to defend Russian territory after annexing four regions of Ukraine last month

15 Oct 2022 10:20 AM

Farrukh Dhondy | As Putin cuts off the gas, Europe looks ahead to a cold, dark winter

Mr Putin has retaliated by cutting off gas supplies and even sabotaging with leaks his own undersea gas pipeline

14 Oct 2022 11:28 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin is switching to sell a sentimental defence of Russia appeal to his people. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Putin’s nuke sabre-rattling shows how he’s cornered

A dramatic change in India’s stand on the Ukraine war may have had little to do with pushing Putin.

23 Sep 2022 1:59 AM

The summit brought Prime Minister Narendra Modi face to face with China’s President Xi Jinping and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in one room for several events. (PTI)

Skand Tayal | From Samarkand to New Delhi 2023: Can SCO become more meaningful?

The Indian media speculated endlessly on the possibility of a bilateral meeting between Mr Modi and the Pakistani and Chinese leaders.

21 Sep 2022 2:54 AM

This handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows the Islamic Republic's President Ebrahim Raisi (R) walking alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran on July 19, 2022. (Photo by Iranian Presidency / AFP) /

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Ukraine: What lay behind Russia’s unprovoked war

Russian President Vladimir Putin is entirely culpable and can’t run away from his avoidable and deplorable decision to attack Ukraine

20 Jul 2022 7:05 AM

Rescue workers clearing rubble of a destroyed school after an attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, July 4, 2022. The Ukrainian military's General Staff says that Russian forces are trying to press their offensive deeper into eastern Ukraine after capturing a key stronghold. AP/PTI

AA Edit | Will someone help stop the war?

India may be buying Russian oil to cool its purchase price but it’s not making a virtue out of its neutrality

05 Jul 2022 1:04 AM

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Britain's counterpart Boris Johnson after a joint press briefing at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on April 22, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

India, UK deepens ties, aim at closing FTA by October

Boris says everyone respects India’s historical ties with Russia

23 Apr 2022 1:19 AM

U.S. Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal

Russia calls its actions a 'special military operation' to demilitarise and 'denazify' Ukraine

16 Mar 2022 10:48 AM

FILE | Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in Glasgow. (Photo: PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta Ray | Crisis over Ukraine poses fresh challenge for Modi

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is too burdened with the weight of European history, nuclear one-upmanship and Cold War rivalry

15 Mar 2022 12:09 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (Photo:AP)

Russia: Putin to give orders to ensure safety of Indians

India, a time-tested friend of Russia for decades, has so far not condemned the Russian actions

26 Feb 2022 6:41 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference (AP)

Putin says Russia's interests 'non-negotiable'

Our country is always open for direct and honest dialogue, for the search for diplomatic solutions to the most complex problems, Putin said

23 Feb 2022 1:02 PM

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Photo:PTI)

Imran Khan: I would like to have a TV debate with Modi to resolve issues

'It would be so good for over a billion people of the subcontinent if differences between Pakistan and India could be resolved,' said Imran

23 Feb 2022 12:56 AM

The summit of both leaders will be held only if Moscow does not invade Ukraine. (File photo/Getty Images)

Joe Biden agrees to meet Putin, on a condition, as Ukraine tensions soar

Both leaders have said yes in principle to the summit, proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron

21 Feb 2022 10:49 AM

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