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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

Asim Munir now gets a foothold in Pakistan economy. Fauji Foundation will be his front

The recent partnership between entrepreneur Arif Habib and the Fauji Foundation is a direct consequence of the military’s ascendency to political power.

Fears that VB-GRAM G will increase financial burden of states ‘unfounded’, says SBI report

Report says VB-G RAM G will bring down inefficiency linked to MGNREGA. According to report, inefficiency, structural weakness, misappropriation led to loss of employment to 1.22 cr households a yr.

Commercial aviation deal to the US, fighter jets from Europe—Bangladesh’s defence diplomacy

Letter of intent for Typhoon jets marks strategic shift amid budget constraints, quality concerns over Chinese equipment and geopolitical balancing act.

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.