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TopicVladimir Putin

Topic: Vladimir Putin

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ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the past week.

Putin takes oath as Russia’s President for fifth time, Western countries boycott ceremony

The US, Britain, and other EU countries boycotted Putin's inauguration ceremony Tuesday over the Russia-Ukraine war.

Modi congratulates Putin on win, ‘expresses support for Ukraine’s sovereignty’ in call with Zelenskyy

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’.

Putin wins ‘presidential election,’ becomes Russia’s longest-serving leader

Voting took place in Crimea and 4 other Ukrainian regions partly controlled by Russia. Kyiv regards elections on occupied territory as illegal and void.

‘Putin a gangster’: Navalny widow urges West not to recognise results of Russian presidential election

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.

‘Russia ready for nuclear war’: Vladimir Putin warns the West

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.

Post CNN report, Ukraine diplomat says Modi statement on nukes helped, Russia slams US ‘propaganda’

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.

‘Impossible to defend against’ — what is Zircon hypersonic missile that Putin says Russia used in battle

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.

Putin’s neo-Gulags are tools of political terror. Navalny death reveals Russia’s tyrannical past

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.

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British Raj determined what kind of dog was acceptable in India—pets vs strays

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.

Grounded no more: Andhra govt revives no-frills Dagadarthi airport near Nellore to boost south coast link

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.

Oreshnik, ATACMS & Storm Shadow: All about the missiles Russia and Ukraine are firing

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.

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

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.