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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicPresident Vladimir Putin

Topic: President Vladimir Putin

Putin still thinks he has something to win in Ukraine war — his political fate

Can Putin finish his 20-year project to return Russia to a totalitarian past with him as the leader? Or will the war lead to his demise?

How war in Ukraine is hollowing out Russia’s tech future

70,000 information technology workers have already fled the country & another 100,000 are expected to depart over next month, the Russian Association for Electronic Communications has said.

Why Putin could well use the ‘famous black suitcase and the red button’

As we reach the one-month mark in this war, Putin is primarily using the strategies of ancient warfare. But in the background loom the most modern tools of combat.

Russia could use nuclear arsenal if there is existential threat to country, says Putin aide

US President Biden begins a Europe trip today to ‘lead’ the West’s future response to the war.

Putin is not the only villain of Russia-Ukraine crisis. The West played a similar role

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Journey of Nazi symbol, and Boris Johnson’s ‘personal service’ for Russian oligarchs

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

SubscriberWrites: The Russia-Ukraine crisis is the result of clash of egos of two presidents

A deep look at that led to the conflict and the subsequent war will show that the cause is the mutual distrust of Russia and Ukraine, writes Sibu K Das.

In Sunday sermon, Orthodox bishop Kirill backs Russia’s war against Ukraine

Critics call him 'militant Christian' who has accused West of organising genocides against countries that do not support gay rights.

Selfie with students stuck in Ukraine, and India isn’t worried about Russian arms

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Russian ruble’s history of catastrophic crashes — from 1998 collapse to current sanctions

The value of the ruble fell to 108 against the US dollar Monday from 83 last Friday, making it the currency’s worst single-business-day decline since 3 September 1998.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?