Elite Warning
For more than two decades, Vladimir Putin’s compact with Russia’s business elite was straightforward: accumulate wealth, but leave politics to the Kremlin.
For more than two decades, Vladimir Putin’s compact with Russia’s business elite was straightforward: accumulate wealth, but leave politics to the Kremlin.
India on Tuesday conveyed to Russia its strong concern over the missile attack on commercial vessel MV Golden Leo when it was departing the port of Odisa in Ukraine in which at least four Indian nationals were killed.
A dormitory burns. A supermarket burns. An apartment block burns. This is what drones and ballistic missiles do to a capital city. Kyiv counted its damage again this morning.
The offer to let Ukraine produce Patriot interceptor missiles under licence marks more than another military commitment.
Patience is running thin at petrol pumps across Russia. Hours long queues have become routine, even in Moscow, as drone strikes chip away at the country's refining capacity.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly maintained that India’s energy decisions are guided by national interest and the need to ensure affordable fuel for its citizens. New Delhi has also defended its purchase of discounted crude oil from Russia following disruptions in global energy markets after the outbreak of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
International Women’s Day 2026, under the theme, “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls”, calls for action to dismantle all barriers to equal justice: discriminatory laws, weak legal protections, and harmful practices and social norms that erode the rights of women and girls, according to the United Nations.
India says its energy supplies remain stable despite tensions in West Asia, with officials reviewing the situation twice daily and maintaining adequate oil stocks through diversified sourcing.
The “endless war”, as President Donald Trump would describe, may appear to be drawing to a close, at long last.
Four years (24 February 2022) after Russian troops crossed into Ukraine, the most revealing battlefield is no longer only the front line near Kharkiv or the trenches in the Donbas.
