Russia

  NEW DELHI: In what could be a defining statement vis-à-vis India’s position in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rightly stated that while the country wants to be friends with the West, it needs Russia’s assistance to defend its borders. India has steadfastly resisted the West’s attempt to limit its bilateral relations with […]

Many of us have analysed the ongoing battles in Ukraine as a proxy war by the US against Russia. As proxy contests go, however, that may be outstripped by the trial of strength between the world’s major agencies in the power games that are likely to play out in Pakistan in the next few weeks. […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, interacted with the officials of Indian missions and community organisations and commended them for facilitating speedy and dignified evacuation of the stranded Indians from besieged Ukraine. Four union ministers tasked with evacuating Indians from the neighbouring states of Ukraine — namely, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for […]

The killing of a freelance filmmaker-journalist in Ukraine on Sunday stirred up some long-latent memories. I was reminded of the day I learnt the meaning of the word, speechless. I couldn’t utter a sound, try as hard as I might. Not for several interminable minutes. It was the summer of ‘94, and I had just […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Ministers of three European countries — Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovenia — will visit Kyiv as representatives of the European Council today to show “unequivocal support” to Ukraine amid war with Russia. Prime Minister Petr Fiala of the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Janez Jansa of Slovenia, and Prime Minister Mateusz Moawiecki of […]

India has decided to shift its diplomatic mission from Ukraine to neighbouring Poland, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.  Since the war escalated in Ukraine, the Indian Embassy was shifted to Lviv from the capital Kyiv, the spokesperson of MEA informed The New Indian. This development occurred soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed India’s security on the outbreak of  […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting of the Cabinet Committe on Security (CCS) on Sunday to review India’s security preparedness, and the prevailing global scenario in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Prime Minister Modi instructed the attending members that all possible efforts should be taken to bring back the […]

NEW DELHI: The Embassy of India in Moscow has issued a four-point guidelines for the Indian students pursuing education in institutes in Russia. The mission has affirmed that they see no security reasons for the Indian students to depart from Russia. The Indian Embassy is in regular contact with the institutes with respect to the […]

NEW DELHI: Maintaining a close watch on the developments in Ukraine-Russia conflict, Prime Minister Modi held telephonic discussions with Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary and Prime Minister Mark Rutte of Netherlands separately yesterday. While speaking over the phone, both sides emphasised the need for immediate ceasefire and mitigating the crisis via dialogue, Ministry of […]

NEW DELHI: The third round of negotiations in Belarus between Russia and Ukraine, it appears, have not yielded an expected outcome on setting up of a safe humanitarian corridor, Russian News Agency TASS reported. According to The Vladimir Medinsky, Chief Negotiator and Presidential aide from Russia, “The expectations pinned on the talks failed to come […]