Former US president Donald Trump yet again made no qualms about his soft corner for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Republican presidential nominee on Saturday congratulated President Putin for the historic prisoner swap that freed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich & other newsmen from the Russian prison and fired salvos at the Biden administration coupled with…
They were born and bred in Russia. But they are representing another country at Paris 2024Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered a swarm of political and economic fallouts. One of them was Russia getting banned from the Paris Olympics. However, the International Olympic Committee invited 36 Russian sportspersons to participate in…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi may visit Kyiv next month in another balancing act on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, hoping it will calm frayed nerves in Washington and major European capitals which have been dismayed by the timing of his visit to Russia earlier this month. According to diplomatic sources, both sides are in talks to…
When asked about Kamala Harris, the frontrunner to replace Joe Biden in the US presidential election, the Kremlin on Monday said it had noted Harris’s “unfriendly rhetoric” against Russia.“There have been some statements which were full of unfriendly rhetoric towards our country,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.Reacting to US President Joe Biden dropping out of…
(Representative Image) Following Nike‘s decision to halt sales to Russia shortly after the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago, an online sports retailer owned by Russia’s Zenit soccer club, footballstore.ru, continues to offer dozens of Nike-branded items, including the US sportswear maker‘s Phantom GT2 Elite soccer boots for around USD 330….
NEW DELHI: G7 leaders have reportedly reached a consensus to allocate $50 billion to support war-torn Ukraine by the end of the current year, according to a statement from the French presidency on Wednesday. The funds will be sourced from Russian assets that have been frozen.“We have an agreement,” a presidency official said, ahead of…
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin has lashed out at the West for delivering long-range weapons to Ukraine, warning that Moscow might consider supplying similar arms to other nations to target Western interests.“If someone thinks it is possible to supply such weapons to a war zone to attack our territory and create problems for us,…
In a disturbing incident that has sent shockwaves across Europe, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was targeted in an assassination attempt that left him seriously injured. The event unfolded on a seemingly ordinary day in Handlova, Slovakia, when Fico was approached by a gunman as he was engaging with supporters. The assailant fired five times…
Berlin: The Russian army is expanding the role of women as it seeks to balance President Vladimir Putin‘s promotion of traditional family roles with the need for new recruits for the war in Ukraine.The military’s stepped-up appeal to women includes efforts to recruit female inmates in prisons, replicating on a much smaller scale a strategy…
While Beijing and Moscow have displayed a facade of an “unlimited partnership” on the global stage, tensions are brewing in the far-eastern corner of Russia, Primorsky Krai, as it attracts a significant influx of Chinese farmers. These farmers, benefiting from their economic prowess, are outpacing local competitors, posing a subtle challenge to local Russian dominance.This…
