Will India maintain its close ties with Russia amid international pressure and changing political landscape during Modi's third term?

However, at a strategic level, the US and India have perhaps the strongest shared interest in containing China, as seen through initiatives such as the Quad grouping, an informal strategic forum in the Indo-Pacific region. And Russia’s growing partnership with China as the war in Ukraine continues is a significant foreign policy concern for India. […]

US imposes sweeping sanctions on Russia over Ukraine conflict

“We are increasing risk and eliminating evasions for financial institutions that serve Russia's war economy, and reducing Russia's ability to benefit from access to foreign technology, equipment, software and IT services,” he said. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said separately that the United States was “concerned about the scale and breadth of exports” from China […]

Russia retaliates with deadly attack on Kharkiv, Moscow claims new attack

Kharkiv, which is Ukraine's second-largest city and lies just dozens of kilometres from the Russian border, has been under constant shelling since Moscow's forces invaded in February 2022. “Russian terrorists are taking advantage of the fact that Ukraine still lacks adequate air defense protection,” Zelensky said on social media. Ukrainian officials are urging their allies […]

Putin supports China's peace plan on Ukraine crisis, appreciates Beijing's understanding

“We are positive in our assessment of China's approach to resolving the Ukrainian crisis,” Putin said, according to a Russian-language transcript on the Kremlin website. “In Beijing, they really understand the root causes of this and its global geopolitical meaning.” And additional principles, set out by Xi in talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, were […]

Putin removed Defense Minister Shoigu

Explaining the timing of the decision, the Kremlin said on Sunday it needed the Defense Ministry to remain “innovative.” “The Defense Ministry should be absolutely open to innovation, to introducing all advanced ideas, to creating conditions for economic competitiveness,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing on the appointments. “Those who are more open […]

PM Hasina urges Rosatom to set up another nuclear power plant in Rooppur

He said that around 2500 employees including Bangladeshis and Russians are working in this project who have acquired their expertise. The Prime Minister asked the Director General of Rosatom to utilize Bangladeshi expertise in nuclear power plant construction projects in different countries. Alexey Likhachev said that there were obstacles due to the pandemic and restrictions, […]

Russia's veto on North Korea sanctions monitoring: implications and analysis

Beijing, long Pyongyang's most important ally, abstained from the vote instead of joining Russia in the veto. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian explained the abstention on Friday, saying “a political solution is the only way out.” “The current situation on the (Korean) peninsula remains tense and blindly imposing sanctions cannot solve the problem,” he […]