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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicBelarus-Russia

Topic: Belarus-Russia

A year before Paris Olympics, Ukraine may drop boycott threat

Margaryta Chornokondratenko -
Some Ukrainian athletes though condemned the blanket ban on competing against Russians and Belarusians as a self-inflicted wound.

Senior Russian general knew about Wagner chief Prigozhin’s rebellion plan, says NYT report

Lidia Kelly -
The newspaper reported that US officials were 'trying to learn if Gen. Surovikin, the former top Russian commander in Ukraine, helped plan Mr. Prigozhin's actions last weekend.'

Putin confirms deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, warns West

Andrew Osborn -
Russian President announced in March that he agreed to deploy nuclear arsenal in Belarus, pointing to US deployment of weapons in a host of European countries over many decades.

Have received Russian bombs ‘more powerful than Hiroshima, Nagasaki’, says Belarusian President

Lidia Kelly -
Putin's ally Alexander Lukashenko, in an interview, confirmed that Belarus has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons

Russia begins move to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus in July, says President Putin

Guy Faulconbridge -
Putin's move comes in the wake of Russia-Ukraine war and is seen as an apparent warning to the US-led NATO military alliance over it support for Kyiv.

Belarusian President says ‘nuclear weapons for everyone’ if any country joins Russia-Belarus union

Lidia Kelly -
Russia and Belarus are formally part of a Union State, a borderless union and alliance between the two former Soviet republics.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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