MOSCOW: In February, Putin announced that he was not using a smartphone for work as he had other means of communication. The President stressed that while technological progress must go on, he was comfortable without modern gadgets. Vladimir Putin’s special communications phone allows the president to contact the government, administration and other senior officials with […]Read More
NEW DELHI: 7 years in jail for breaking coronavirus quarantine rules, a Ruble 500,000($1=Rub74. 1Rub=Rs 1.03) fine for business not following a lockdown. Azmat Metov takes us through a day in the life of a citizen in this chat with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P.Revi. 106 people have died in Russia with 1,667 new […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The coronavirus pandemic could not have come at a worse time for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Just when he appeared all set to extend his two-decade long iron-grip over the nation through a constitutional referendum, the coronavirus has forced him to postpone it. Analysts say it is a late admission by the Kremlin […]Read More
MOSCOW: Brussels has weighed in on the diplomatic spat between Germany and the U.S. over CureVac—the company developing a vaccine against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. The European Commission said Monday it would offer the company based in the German town of Tübingen a guaranteed loan to a tune of €80 million “to scale up development […]Read More
MOSCOW: The total number of confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-2019) worldwide equals 1,21,564. The World Health Organization (WHO) made the decisive step on Wednesday to declare a pandemic as more countries are rethinking travel or visa restrictions over the spread of coronavirus disease. Alexander Lukashev, director of the Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: They are allies or were until the other day when things began to come apart. This is with reference to Turkey and Russia who shared similar goals in Syria, and now are on opposite sides it would seem. Turkey seems to want to consolidate its position in Syria and has its troops actively […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Russian Senator Andrei Klimov on an India visit speaks to StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. As Deputy Chair of Russia’s Upper House- the Federation Council’s- Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Senator contrasts U.S. President Donald Trump’s first visit to India with meetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, discusses why […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Amid the hoopla over Namastey Trump, the visit of a delegation from Crimea passed virtually unnoticed and for good reason: The head of that delegation Georgy Muradov has been sanctioned by the US. Muradov is a key figure in the territory which Russia annexed in March 2014. He is both deputy chairman of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Valdai Discussion Club has for the last 15 years served as a platform to discuss some of the world’s most pressing issues ranging from connectivity to development. India joined the club last year, the aim being to take the India-Russia bilateral dialogue into a broader discussion area where many other countries are […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s was at his quintessential best in announcing surprise plans to make sweeping constitutional reform. Russia specialist Nandan Unnikrishnan discusses the Russian leader’s motives and whether he looks at himself as a ‘leader for life’ with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. In a comprehensive review of India-Russia relations, the interview looks at President Putin’s […]Read More
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