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Saturday, September 6, 2025
TopicBelarus-Russia

Topic: Belarus-Russia

A year before Paris Olympics, Ukraine may drop boycott threat

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

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.'

Jet linked to Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin arrives in Belarus following mutiny

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an address on Monday night that the mutiny leaders had betrayed their motherland, although he did not mention Prigozhin by name.

Moscow’s deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus time-limited, says senior Russian diplomat

Alexei Polishchuk, in an interview, said the weapons could be removed from Belarus if the US & NATO 'refrained from undermining the security and sovereignty of Russia and Belarus'.

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

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

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

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

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

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.