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TopicVladimir Putin

Topic: Vladimir Putin

Mum is the word, if you say it again and again

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Russia turns to India, Sri Lanka for way out of its labour crisis

Kremlin estimates its economy needs 11 million more labourers by the end of the decade. The issue was high on the agenda during President Putin’s December visit to New Delhi

Foxhole ‘comrades’ to NATO membership for Russia: Timeline of Bush-Putin bromance & how it ended

Documents released covering 3 summits between the two Presidents in 2001, 2005 & 2008 showcase a relationship that began with camaraderie but ended in bitter differences over NATO expansion.

‘Pakistan a junta with nuclear weapons,’ a wary Putin told Bush in 2001, wanting West to do more

Russian President expressed concerns over Pakistan’s proliferation programme with then US President in 2001 & 2005. Bush too raised fears over Pakistan support for Iran’s nuclear plan. 

India’s once unshakeable ties with Russia are fraying

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi last week was his first since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Bilateral summits used to...

Putin’s India visit a lesson for Europe on how to maintain foreign ties when Trump is against it

The White House won't fail to see how Putin’s visit to India coincides with the US and Western sanctions on Russia and its cascading effect on India.

Modi-Putin Day 2: India, Russia talk trade deal, clean energy & agriculture amid global tariff headwinds

The 2-day state visit by Putin sees the signing of a mobility agreement & discussions on cooperation in sectors from pharma to fertilisers & civil nuclear cooperation.

PM Modi’s red carpet rollout for Putin defies US pressure

New Delhi: President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi for his first state visit to India since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, showcasing warming...

Global media’s predictions on what to expect from Putin’s India visit & his meeting with Modi

Apart from New Delhi-Moscow tango, global media also discusses shrinking space for independent media under the present dispensation in India.

Stricter vaccine approval process is the last thing the US needs

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.