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Thursday, August 21, 2025
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Topic: Russia

My 2 visits to Russia in 3 months reflect our close coordination, deep friendship, says Modi

The Prime Minister reiterated India was in favour of an early resolution to the Ukraine conflict, peace and stability in the region.

PM Modi arrives in Russia for 16th BRICS summit, set to discuss global development

The Summit in Kazan city will focus on multilateralism, economic cooperation, and global development among BRICS members and marks Modi's second visit to Russia in 2024.

Massive in size & capable of heavyweight strikes. Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik is unlike any other drone

No clarity on whether it was shot down intentionally or accidentally.Some reports suggest that it was purposely brought down to prevent Ukrainians getting their hands on the drone.

Forced closure of Sobesednik weekly spells the end for Russia’s independent print media

In September, authorities labelled the paper's publisher a ‘foreign agent’, a Soviet-era tag that subjects 865 other individuals & organisations to onerous financial reporting requirements.

Ukraine says around 60% of foreign parts found in Russian weapons come from China

Ukraine’s presidential adviser Vladyslav Vlasiuk said important parts used in surveillance, drones, missiles have also originated from the US, the Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland.

India is exploiting a power vacuum in the Caucasus. It can affect ties with Russia

In siding with Armenia, India also enjoys support from Greece. The country has many an axe to grind with Turkey over disputed gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean.

Ammunition from India enters Ukraine, raising Russian ire, says report

The Kremlin has raised the issue on at least two occasions, including during a July meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Indian counterpart.

Meta bans RT & other Russian state media accusing them of carrying out influence operations online

The ban comes after the US filed money-laundering charges against two RT employees for a scheme to hire an American company to produce online content to influence the 2024 election.

Pro-Putin movement expands across the former Soviet bloc—here’s why

Representing fear, resentment, and nostalgia, this movement does not mean the restoration of the Soviet bloc by stealth, but it points to an ideological consolidation in the region.

Two India-registered firms face US sanctions for ‘using deceptive practices’ to ship LNG from Russia

US Department of State issued statement saying it was imposing additional sanction measures to 'degrade' Russia’s attempts to operationalise its Arctic LNG 2 project.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?