Russia

Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies have issued a declaration condemning “in the strongest terms” Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. The declaration, approved on Wednesday at a two-day summit in Indonesia, said the majority of members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine but there were other views. International law must be upheld, the […]

Author and analyst David Devadas argues that Indian wargamers must take lessons on how Chinese supply lines could be disrupted – and Indian diplomats must ensure that Western and Asian countries share intelligence that allows pinpoint targeting.

In a significant move ahead of the G20 summit just eight days later, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar is on a two-day bilateral visit to Russia.

During a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, Union Defence minister Rajnath Singh reiterated the need for dialogue and diplomacy and urged him to avoid nuclear options.

Different mindsets, too much mistrust, a host of unresolved issues, significant socio-cultural hangovers, and other unknowns – is the collective baggage that contenders of global multipolarity carry on their back.

Russian President Vladimir Putin turned back the pages of history as he said that the West had plundered countries like India in contradiction to the values of true freedom and justice.

In one of the most important meetings, PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed global food security, energy security and the availability of fertilisers during their meeting on the sidelines of the 22nd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on Friday.

PM Narendra Modi will attend the SCO summit on Friday morning, the second and concluding day of the summit in Samarkand, where the SCO states are expected to come up with the Samarkand Declaration.

The New Indian catches up with Russians on the streets of Moscow and tries to understand their views on the war in Ukraine. Watch what they have to say, and notice how different age groups think!

There was a sudden scramble of big proportions a few days ago among the Ukraine watchers: Russian special operations forces had retreated! It so happened that the Ukrainian forces organised a counteroffensive and they pushed the Russian forces out from Izyum and a couple of important points in the Kharkov Oblast.   The Russians defending the region […]