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Monday, November 10, 2025
TopicVladimir Putin

Topic: Vladimir Putin

Alexey Navalny is returning to Russia, leaving Putin in a catch-22 situation

Detention puts Navalny out of action, but boosts his 'martyr' image to the anti-Putin cause just as he revs up a voting push that may hurt pro-Kremlin candidates in September's polls.

India-Russia annual summit postponed for 1st time in two decades amid Moscow’s unease with Quad

This is the first time since 2000 that New Delhi and Moscow have not held their annual meeting even as tensions with China remain high. 

How corruption cuts both ways in Russia’s surveillance state

The Russian state is both strong and corrupt, and it both hogs and leaks the data on which its strength increasingly rests.

‘Who is he of use to?’ — Putin says Russia would have killed Navalny had it wanted to

Putin accused Alexey Navalny of ties to US intelligence and said Russian agents needed to monitor him but denied that the opposition leader was poisoned.

Russia’s emerging independent media outlets are going after Putin

Vladimir Putin's ostensibly successful campaign to control the Russian media is backfiring in a technological environment that has left him far behind.

Putin has weathered Russia’s Covid toll by shifting blame

The Kremlin & Russian PM's govt have played a cynical game, shoving off responsibility for handling Covid crisis onto regional governors but holding on tightly to the financial reins.

Vladimir Putin can’t take Russia’s ‘safe’ Covid vaccine, Kremlin says

Kremlin spokesperson said the country has not yet begun widespread vaccination and 'the president can’t use an uncertified vaccine.'

Not ready to recognise Biden’s victory, says Putin, will wait for ‘results to be confirmed’

Russia, accused by US intelligence agencies of intervening in 2016 to help get Trump elected, has been wary of Biden.

Turkmenistan President unveils giant golden statue of his favourite dog breed

A six-metre golden statue of an Alabai, a home-bred variety of the Central Asian Shepherd dog, has been erected in the country’s capital, Ashgabat.

Russia is global master of deep fakes, but don’t expect China to be clumsy for long

In ‘Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse’, Nina Schick explains how China so far has exploited the internet against its citizens, but is now looking beyond its borders.

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Potassium fertilisers can improve crop yields. Indian farmers must reduce nitrogen usage

Our study presents evidence suggestive of the fact that farmers who demonstrate greater knowledge about the importance of potassium tend to achieve higher yields and revenues.

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.