Balancing Act
The most revealing aspect of President Vladimir Putin’s latest visit to Beijing was not the choreography of friendship, but the limits of it.
The most revealing aspect of President Vladimir Putin’s latest visit to Beijing was not the choreography of friendship, but the limits of it.
China and Russia projected deeper strategic unity in Beijing as Putin and Xi discussed BRICS expansion, global tensions and the future balance of world power.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the BRICS summit scheduled for September 12-13 in New Delhi, a Kremlin aide said.
Recent times have seen “strongmen” leaders like Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Mohammad Bin Salman, Paul Kagame, Kim Jong Un etc.
President Donald Trump said the United States “could” consider sanctions relief for Russia as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war, while signalling frustration with Iran’s nuclear negotiations and warning that Tehran “cannot have nuclear weapons.”
At least 38 people were killed after Flight J2-8243, en route from Baku to Grozny, crash-landed near Aktau in Kazakhstan on December 25.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has clearly indicated that the transfer of Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv will inflict irreparable damage on relations between Moscow and Washington
Putin said that the Indian people will never allow themselves to be humiliated by anyone.
Lavrov said the visit is expected to happen in December and will focus on a wide-ranging bilateral agenda.
Australia has driven down the price of Russian oil and imposed further sanctions on the Kremlin’s "shadow fleet", vessels secretly selling it, in a bid to help "starve" Vladimir Putin’s war economy of oil revenue.
