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TopicVladimir Putin

Topic: Vladimir Putin

‘Will continue my husband’s fight against Putin,’ says Alexei Navalny’s wife Yulia Navalny

In a nine-minute video message laced with rage, Yulia Navalny, accused Putin of killing her husband and said he had robbed their two children of a father.

Russian opposition leader & Putin critic Alexei Navalny has died, claims prison service

The Federal Penitentiary Service of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District said in a statement that Navalny ‘felt unwell’ after a walk at the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp.

Russia will fight for its interest ‘to the end’ but no interest in wider war: Putin to US journalist

In 1st interview with an American journalist since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin says Western leaders realise it's impossible to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.

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.

On Camera

Mamata’s brush with protesting doctors serves a lesson. She’s now a failed Chief Minister

In the last 42 days of cease work, the junior doctors achieved unprecedented support from the people of Kolkata and beyond. And very little concessions from CM Mamata Banerjee.

Chemistry of curd to physics of paratha, GST rates on food are a multi-disciplinary tangle

Issue of GST on food items is in news again after hotel owner’s viral interaction with Finance Minister Sitharaman last week. But complexities highlighted go back further in time.

Indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant joins Navy’s Western Fleet, ready for deployment

With the integration of the deck-based fighter jets MiG-29K now complete, Vikrant now has an overall capability to carry 30 helicopters and fixed-wing fighters.

BJP’s Northeast policy has lit new fires & reopened old wounds. And it still won’t blink

Manipur represents BJP’s unique ideological approach to governing Northeast by playing identity politics jiu-jitsu. It hasn’t gone well yet, is getting worse, but the party insists on continuing.