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Putin invites Indian PM to visit Moscow for 2020 Victory Day celebrations

5:03 pm September 4, 2019

Vladivostok: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War in Moscow in May 2020. “We are expecting you in May next year at the celebrations devoted to marking the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great […]

India, Russia finalise AK-47 203 rifles deal: report

India, Russia want to diversify, strengthen bilateral relations: PM Modi

2:33 pm September 3, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he looks forward to discussing regional and international issues of mutual interest with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Vladivostok to attend the Eastern Economic Forum. He also said his visit underlines the desire of the two countries to diversity and further strengthen bilateral […]

Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Putin opponent Navalny exposed to ‘toxic agent’?

1:54 pm July 29, 2019

Moscow: Russia’s jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny might have been exposed to an unidentified “toxic agent,” his personal doctor said on Monday, while health officials insisted his condition was satisfactory. “Some toxic agent may be the reason for Alexei Navalny’s ‘illness’,” his physician Anastasia Vasilyeva said in a post on Facebook, adding that officials at […]

Putin fires new broadside against Western liberalism

10:29 pm June 29, 2019

Osaka: Russian President Vladimir Putin fired a new broadside against Western liberalism on Saturday, saying that policies such as welcoming migrants have hurt people’s interests. Speaking after the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Putin charged that Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and a drop of popularity of traditional parties […]

Clash between liberal, authoritarian values at G20 summit

1:46 pm June 28, 2019

Osaka: World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation. European Union President Donald Tusk on Friday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin for suggesting in an interview with the newspaper Financial Times that liberalism was “obsolete.” In a […]