Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) approved a move to withdraw from a landmark agreement with the United States aimed at reducing vast stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium left over from thousands of Cold War nuclear warheads. The Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement … Read more
Nearly 80 years after Mao Zedong called the United States a “paper tiger” to boost morale at home, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are exchanging barbs who is the paper tiger of today. In a September 23 post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump mocked Russia’s military powers and called the country … Read more
From Trump tariffs to the Tianjin troika – does the Modi-Xi-Putin pow-wow mean more than a photo-op? After the SCO meet and China’s military parade, can India’s eastern outreach force a rethink in the West on sanctions? Source link
Russian President Vladimir Putin | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (September 5, 2025) said that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack. Mr. Putin was speaking a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 countries had pledged to provide postwar security guarantees to … Read more
Putin said he had always been open to meeting Mr. Zelenskyy but reiterated the Kremlin’s oft-repeated stance that such a meeting had to be well prepared in advance and lead to tangible results. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (September 3, 2025) that he was ready to hold talks … Read more
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser, Peter Navarro, has described as “troublesome” the show of unity between the leaders of India, Russia and China, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to be with Washington, Europe and Ukraine, not with Russia. Mr. Navarro’s remarks came after … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday (August 17, 2025) that Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump to allow the U.S. and European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defence … Read more
