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Friday, January 2, 2026
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Russian general killed by car bomb, suspects include Ukrainian special services

The bomb exploded under the Kia Sorento driven by Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff’s army operational training directorate, as he left a parking space.

In 1st public speech, new MI6 chief flags ‘menace of aggressive, expansionist, revisionist’ Russia

‘Front line is everywhere,’ says Blaise Metreweli, first female chief of UK's foreign spy service, adding that the country is operating in a space between peace and war. Read full speech.

Amritsar to Moscow in search of death certificates, bodies of Indians lost in Russian war

As Parminder Kaur spoke into Google Translate at the Russian army social centre, she broke down and was comforted by the women in the room. The Russians softened at this and fast-tracked her work.

G7 out, C5 in: Trump’s parallel diplomacy, with India–China spin & divide-and-Make Europe Great Again

Reports emerge of a classified draft of the National Security Strategy and plans for a new global bloc, Core 5. Dismissing them, a US govt spokesman says no such version exists.  

Sukhoi Su-57 on agenda of India-Russia defence talks during Putin’s visit

According to Russian state media, 10 intergovernmental documents and more than 15 agreements and memorandums are being prepared for signing.

Putin’s India visit tests New Delhi’s US–Russia balancing act

For India, the Russian President’s visit comes as sanctions and US pressure have curbed an energy trade that has been expedient for its economy.

‘China-Russia’s no-limits partnership dangerous for both India, Poland’: Polish deputy foreign minister

Władysław Bartoszewski tells ThePrint it is Chinese money that is powering Russia in Ukraine war, hopes Russia-China closeness will lead India to take longer look at ties with Moscow.

India plans to pitch arms deal with Russia during Putin’s visit

India has over 200 Russian fighter jets and several batteries of the S-400 defence shield, which were used during the four day conflict with Pakistan in May.

Free-enterprise features are reshaping Russia’s socialist institutions: AD Shroff

Just as the economic waste of centralised planning is being realised, the failure on the agricultural front is also making a dent on doctrinaire thinking in the Soviet Union, AD Shroff wrote in 1964.

A first time, Russian spy ship pointed lasers at UK pilots

The light lasers appeared designed to distract pilots flying British surveillance aircraft.

On Camera

Hot metals are exposing the fossil fuel fantasy

Two metals, copper and silver, are indelibly associated with mass electrification that is making coal, oil and gas redundant across the world.

Looking to 2026, India to bet on diversification of energy basket—not disengagement from Russia crude

US sanctions reshuffle India’s crude procurement, pushing refiners towards new intermediaries, the Middle East and Americas.

2025 was Indian Army’s year. New battalions & platoons, embracing next-gen warfare

Amidst a doctrinal shift towards joint theaterisation and greater synergy between the various wings of the forces, the Indian Army in 2025 moved further on its path to Vision@2047.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.