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TopicVladimir Putin

Topic: Vladimir Putin

My pick of best books I read in the grim year of 2023: Kapil Komireddi

Azerbaijani novelist Akram Aylisli describes books as our 'salvation from the dirt of the outside world'. And so, here's a small selection of titles from the works I read in 2023.

‘We will be glad to see our friend,’ Putin invites PM Modi to Russia

EAM Jaishankar, who is on a 5-day visit to Russia, expressed confidence that the two leaders would meet for their annual summit next year.

‘No plan to attack NATO’ — Putin dismisses Biden’s claims, calls it ‘nonsense’

Russia-Ukraine war has stained Moscow's relations with West & US President Joe Biden, last year, warned about a World War-III in case of direct confrontation between NATO and Russia.

How Russia-Ukraine war reached an impasse & key takeaways from Putin’s press conference

This is the edited transcript of ThePrint CutTheClutter Ep 1367, published on 14 Dec 2023, on stalemate in Russia-Ukraine war & takeaways from Putin’s press conference.

Putin praises Modi for his tough policies. ‘He is main guarantor of steady Russia-India ties’

Russian leader said he ‘cannot imagine that Modi could be frightened or intimidated to take any actions, steps, decisions that would be at variance with India’s national interests.’

‘A wise & pragmatic statesman:’ Putin expresses condolences over Henry Kissinger’s death

Kissinger, who passed away at 100, pursued dialogue between the US and Soviet Union in 1970s that led to first major nuclear arms control treaties between 2 Cold War superpowers.

Putin revokes Russia’s ratification of nuclear test ban treaty

Putin's approval of the de-ratification law was posted on a government website which said the decision took immediate effect.

World has pushed Kim and Putin closer. Worried China will fish in troubled waters

Chinese President Xi Jinping has not yet reacted to Kim-Putin meeting, but he would be in a dilemma. China won't be happy with North Korea’s renewed relations with Russia.

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles just before Kim Jong Un met Vladimir Putin in Russia

Nuclear-armed North has conducted regular launches of everything from short-range, cruise missiles to massive intercontinental ballistic missiles that can strike continental US.

Putin and Kim meet in Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia’s most modern space facility

The cosmodrome, which came into service in 2016, is in the Amur region of Russia's Far East, not far from the Russian border with China.

On Camera

Pakistan is bluffing. There’s no proof for $6 trillion mineral wealth claim

The minerals that Pakistan purports to offer to the US are either in quantities too small to matter, of a type that the US does not need, or would be much more easily sourced from other partners.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.