Putin last month offered to maintain limits capping the size of the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenals set in the 2010 New START accord, which expires in 2026, if the U.S. does the same.
The Russian president said that the country's forces were advancing along the entire front in Ukraine, and that almost all of the US-led NATO alliance was now fighting against Russia.
One of the key developments likely on the trade front is the beginning of formal talks on a Free Trade Agreement on goods between India and the Eurasian Economic Union.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday in a meeting with his security council said he was ready to extend the deal in the interests of global non-proliferation & to spur dialogue with Washington.
Russian President spoke a day after French President Macron said 26 countries had pledged postwar security guarantees to Kyiv, including an international force on land, sea & air.
China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.
China’s parade, marking 80 years since Japan’s WWII defeat, is largely shunned by Western leaders, with Putin and Kim—pariahs in the West—attending as guests of honour.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told PM Fico in China that Moscow is against joining NATO & has been forced to act in Ukraine by the West's attempt to absorb the entire post-Soviet space.
Global media interprets the display of unity at SCO Summit as a message to Washington—’its policies will result in other countries looking for alternatives to meet their interests’.
Xi's diplomatic clout with a group of authoritarian regimes dubbed the 'Axis of Upheaval' by some western analysts, comes at a time Trump's isolationist policies strain US alliances.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has given ticket to a Hindu candidate for the first time and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has fielded two Hindus. Activists say they are simply paying lip service.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
The proposed project costing about Rs 3.25 lakh crore will entail procurement of 18 aircraft in fly away condition & the rest made in India with up to 60% indigenous content.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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