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Education, language, politics — Xi Jinping wants Central Asia to depend on China, not Russia

The Central Asian leaders will meet Xi at a summit in Xi’an, the beginning of the Silk Route. Putin is a significant omission from the line-up.

Erdogan’s opponent accuses Russia of spreading conspiracies, interfering in Turkey elections

Kemal Kilicdaroglu accused Turkey’s ‘Russian friends’ of responsibility for ‘the release’ of montages, plots, ‘deep fake’ content ahead of Sunday’s ballot.

Russia fines Google over ‘LGBT propaganda,’ ‘false information’ on YouTube, say news agencies

Russia said Google refused to remove several YouTube videos, including one about how same-sex couples raise children, LGBT community in St. Petersburg, TASS news agency reported.

Russia-China bilateral trade surges in 1st quarter of 2023. Chinese exports jump almost 70%

According to Chinese customs data, Beijing's overall bilateral goods trade with Moscow stood at $73.15 bn in January-April period this year — a 41% increase from same period in 2022.

UK set to ban Russia’s Wagner Group, deem it ‘terrorist organisation’, reports The Times

Wagner mercenaries have spearheaded Russia's months-long assault on the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

China assures Russia, India of deepening bilateral ties, promises ‘coordination, cooperation’

Qin Gang met in India on Thursday with other foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with China seeking to preserve stable relations as ties with West remain tense.

Russia has become key strategic ally, says Burkina Faso interim president

In a televised interview, Burkina Faso's interim President Ibrahim Traore said Russia was a major supplier of military equipment and would remain so.

Drone attack sets ablaze parts of Russia’s Krasnodar oil refinery, says Tass news agency

A day earlier, a fuel depot further to the west caught on fire near a bridge linking Russia’s mainland with the occupied Crimea peninsula.

Explosions heard in Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities, anti-aircraft defences at work, say officials

The latest blasts were reported less than 24 hours after Kyiv said 21 people died in a Russian strike on the city of Kherson.

‘No option left other than elimination of Zelenskyy, his clique,’ says former Russian president

Earlier, Russia alleged that there were attempts by Ukraine to assassinate Vladimir Putin, saying it was a ‘terrorist attack.’

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India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

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.