India and China are two countries that have sent warm messages to Putin after his fifth reelection. Western governments have condemned the polls as a ‘undemocratic’.
Voting took place in Crimea and 4 other Ukrainian regions partly controlled by Russia. Kyiv regards elections on occupied territory as illegal and void.
In sharply worded Washington Post op-ed, Yulia Navalnaya called for more sanctions on Putin’s allies and associates, urged Western countries to support resistance forces in Russia.
The Russian President said the US understood that if it deployed American troops on Russian territory – or to Ukraine – Russia would treat the move as an intervention.
Indian officials remain tight-lipped about report, but say that New Delhi’s stance on Russia-Ukraine conflict has been made abundantly clear in official statements & remarks by PM.
Russia claims missile can reach eight times the speed of sound. If true, it would be the ‘fastest missile in the world’, could evade the advanced US Patriot air defence system.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic Circle prison that earlier housed prisoners of 301st Gulag, who were condemned to work on Joseph Stalin’s doomed effort to build a railway line through northern Siberia.
There was a painful recalibration of dog-human relationships in 18th century Britain—any dog, except for the owned, leashed pet, lost its right to exist. They brought this mindset to India.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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