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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Topic: Russia

Global Pulse: Egypt’s President Sissi is facing discontent among the military ahead of elections

Meanwhile, democracy in Tanzania is in peril, and Theresa May should consider hitting Russia where it hurts— and go after the rich Russian oligarchs in Britain. 

Global Pulse: Britain is taking a stand against Russia and expelling 23 Russian diplomats

Diplomatically, there is no ideal response to the attempted murder of Sergei and Yulia Skripal on British soil.

Global Pulse: Donald Trump was already in trouble with North Korea before firing his Secretary of State

Diplomacy is hard work. Trump has already made several mistakes in the run-up to his bilateral talks with Kim Jong-un, and firing his highest diplomat isn't the biggest one.

Global Pulse: Worried about turnout, the Russian govt is enticing voters with selfie competitions

While there is no doubt that Vladimir Putin will emerge as president for his fourth term, the Kremlin is worried about voter turnout.

The toppling of the Lenin statue is keeping the Left alive, in headlines at least

A word of advice to friends in the Left movement, or whatever is left of it. The Communist party in Russia is looking for non-Communist icons to rebuild the country.

Global Pulse: China and Russia are planning a “Polar Silk Road”

The melting of the Arctic presents a new opportunity for China and Russia to trade directly with Europe through the north & open up a new economic frontier.

Global Pulse: Australia hopes its new deputy prime minister can stabilise its weak coalition

Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's prime minister, can breathe a sigh of relief now that his coalition has a new deputy prime minister.

Global Pulse: The Syrian war might trigger direct conflict between the US and Russia

The Syrian Civil War is now reaching a point where direct conflict — between the US and Russia, the US and Turkey, and Iran and Israel — isn't far off.

Global Pulse: With outbreaks in violence, starvation & migration, the Venezuela crisis is worse

Venezuela is in the middle of terrible humanitarian crisis, and governments in Latin America are at a loss on how to respond.

Global Pulse: The upcoming Russian election is a sham that shouldn’t be legitimised

In a widely criticized move, Poland's increasingly authoritarian right-wing government has criminalized the term "death camps", as well as any suggestion of "the Polish nation/state" being complicit in Nazi crimes.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.