Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that talks on Afghanistan planned in Moscow this month aim to help peace talks in Doha and are not rival processes. Lavrov was speaking at a news conference in Doha with his Qatari and Turkish counterparts. Russia has said it plans to hold a conference on Afghanistan … Read more
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin signed legislation on Tuesday that allows former presidents to become lawmakers for life in Russia‘s upper house of parliament once they leave the Kremlin, a government website showed. The legislation follows sweeping changes to the Russian political system initiated by Putin this year that, among other things, allow him to run … Read more
New Delhi: The foreign ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC) will meet in Moscow on Thursday, in what could act a confidence building measure (CBM) to reduce the current Sino-Indian tensions and set the stage for a bilateral meeting between S Jaishankar and Wang Yi, also at the Russian capital. While all eyes are … Read more
New Delhi: India and Iran are understood to have explored revival of regional approach model involving India-Iran to stabilise Afghanistan as US plans to exit Kabul and give Taliban a stake in governance. This issue figured prominently when Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Iranian counterpart Brig General Amir Hatami in Tehran Saturday enroute to … Read more
Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla condoling the death of former President Pranab Mukherjee has recalled the stalwart’s contribution to MEA and foreign policy. He also recalled his personal connect with Mukherjee as High Commissioner to Dhaka as well as in his role as Joint Secretary in headquarters dealing with Bangladesh. “It is with great sadness … Read more
NEW DELHI: India would welcome Russian companies to collaborate with private firms in Indian space sector to build upon the existing decades-old cooperation and research for Covid-19 vaccine in both India and Russia would usher in the opportunity for collaboration, according to Indian envoy to Moscow D.B. Venkatesh Varma. “…we would very much welcome Russian … Read more
Story highlights Latest craze in Moscow is war game in which players race to find nuclear codes Russian officials are playing on fears, staging a mass nuclear drill CNN — “Attention! Attention!” blares the Russian voice from a loudspeaker. “The nuclear bombs will be launched in one hour.” Inside a room styled as a Soviet-era … Read more