Russia and India are strengthening their ties despite the slew of anti-Moscow sanctions which have been imposed by the West. In an exclusive interview with Sputnik, Russia’s Ambassador to India Denis Alipov expanded on the results of the XIV BRICS Summit, relations between Moscow and New Delhi and more. Sputnik: How do you assess the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Russia-Ukraine crisis has significantly brought down supply of energy, leading to a surge in prices. Russian oil supplies are lower than what they were before February; the fear is that the $1 million barrel shortfall a day now could become 3 million barrels a day by the end of this year, says […]Read More
NEW DELHI: One of the high points of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine is the sinking of Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet. There are conflicting Russian and Ukrainian versions about how the ship sank but the incident does come as an embarrassment for Russia. Several factors could have contributed to the incident, says Rear […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sanctions-hit Russia has proposed restarting the rupee-rouble mechanism through which it can trade with India. The two countries did trade through this mechanism in the past largely for tea, and not for very long because there was not much Russia could buy from India. Also that mechanism functioned well enough because relations between […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Ambassador Asoke Mukerji, India’s Former Permanent Representative to the United Nations in analysis with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Mukerji discusses India’s latest abstention on April 7, in the UN General Assembly on a vote suspending Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over allegations that Russian soldiers killed civilians […]Read More
NEW DELHI: After the UNGA vote on Thursday, Western diplomats took to Twitter to hail Russia’s expulsion from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The vote which is the latest in a series of measures – most notably the imposition of sanctions on President Putin’s daughters – was a bid to cement international pressure on […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is now in its fourth week. The fighting has been intense with major cities coming under artillery attack. The exodus of civilians is now, according to some estimates, three million. The Russians have shown no signs of letting up although talks with the Ukrainians are on for a settlement. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Anton Anisimov, the Editor-in-Chief of Sputnik International in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The programme discusses Russia’s assessment of the ‘special military operations’ in Ukraine that President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, Moscow’s objectives, the outcomes so far, the U.S. led NATO and international response […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “The Russo Ukrainian war is the most severe geopolitical conflict since World War II and will result in far greater global consequences than September 11 attacks,” thus begins an article by Hu Wei, vice chairman of the Public Policy Research Centre of the Counsellor’s Office of China’s State Council. The author is also […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Professor Rajan Menon, Director of the Grand Strategy Programme at Defense Priorities, Spitzer Professor of International Relations Emeritus, City College New York, Senior Research Fellow at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University, Co-author of ‘Ukraine in Conflict: The Unwinding of the Post–Cold War Order’ and […]Read More
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