President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit India by the end of this year, Russian media reported on Thursday, though the exact timeline for the trip remains unclear.
According to the pro-Kremlin…
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No more crutches: Russia's neighbors must now stand on their own
No empire, no charity: Moscow redefines its role in Eurasia
As global instability deepens, Russia’s role in Eurasia – and the nature of its ties with neighboring states – is once again in sharp…
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No more crutches: Russias neighbors must now stand on their own
No empire, no charity: Moscow redefines its role in Eurasia
As global instability deepens, Russia’s role in Eurasia – and the nature of its ties with neighboring states – is once again in sharp focus. Moscow is not driven by a mission to dominate…
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Moldova’s election will test its resistance to Russia
On August 1st a journalist who writes for an American celebrity-gossip site woke up to a nasty shock. The site had been cloned, and she appeared as the author of a fake story claiming that Maia Sandu, the president of Moldova—a country that…
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Indian Prime Minister to Visit China for First Time in Seven Years – Reuters
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China for the first time in seven years, Reuters reported, citing government sources.
The publication said that Narendra Modi will travel to China for the Shanghai…
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Europe’s Hogwarts has a new Dumbledore
There can be few better places to contemplate Europe’s destiny than the hills that look south across Florence, the city that nurtured the continent’s intellectual rebirth during the Renaissance. Such is the mission of the European University…
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Europe’s top court nixes Italy’s plan to expel migrants, for now
Italian politicians rarely agree on much, but they were unanimous in finding a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on August 1st hugely important. They differed, however, as to whether it was good or bad. A “watershed”, declared…
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Ukraine’s drone air war has given Zelensky additional bargaining power with Putin – new research
Donald Trump appears to be making another attempt to organise a three-way summit with Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to end the Russian invasion.
Putin’s reluctance to meet his Ukrainian counterpart so far…
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Israeli security cabinet to meet over plan to fully occupy Gaza
Israel’s security cabinet is meeting on Thursday to decide on whether to order a complete military takeover of the Gaza Strip – a move the UN says would risk “catastrophic consequences”.
Israeli media say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees…
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What’s Next For Trump’s Ukraine Peace Push After The Putin-Witkoff Meeting?
After his special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladmir Putin at the Kremlin on August 6 and discussed Moscow’s war on Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said they made “great progress,” but later he told reporters he did…
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