Russia

Can sanctions break Russia’s resolve? US bets on economic pressure to push Putin to the negotiating table

As the war in Ukraine grinds into its fourth year, the US and EU bet on tougher sanctions to break Russia’s resolve. But experts question whether economic pressure can truly force Putin to the negotiating table.

‘Looks like we have lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest China’: Trump

Sharing a photograph from the SCO Summit, President Donald Trump has said that it appears as if the United States has 'lost India to Russia and deepest, darkest China'.

Will India continue to buy Russian oil? Sitharaman says ‘yes, our decision where we buy oil from’

India will continue to buy Russian oil as the call for such purchases depends on what suits our interests best, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in an interview with Network 18.

What will happen to US nuclear fuel stored at Ukraine's plant? Russia says let's discuss

Earlier this year, Moscow called on the UN nuclear watchdog to mediate a meeting between the US and Russia to resolve the question of what to do with Washington's nuclear fuel stored at the Ukrainian power plant controlled by Russian forces

‘Pressure is working': Zelenskyy sees strain on Russia, trading partners after ally huddle

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said pressure on Russia and its trading partners "is working" as he spoke about Moscow's shifting stance on a peace deal with Ukraine.

26 of 35 'Coalition of the Willing' nations agree to send troops to Ukraine day after ceasefire

French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 out of 35 nations have agreed to deploy troops in Ukraine in a bid to provide security guarantees to the war-torn nation engaged in a war with Russia

‘Threat to regional security’: Russia backs Venezuela, slams Trump’s military strike

Moscow has slammed US military action as dangerous provocation, as Washington intensifies pressure on Maduro’s regime over alleged narco-terror links

'No secret’: Putin reveals what he told PM Modi during Tianjin ‘car ride’; it’s about Alaska talks with Trump

“This is no secret, I told him (Modi) what we talked about in Alaska,” Putin said at a press conference in China

'Not directed at anyone': China denies teaming up with N. Korea, Russia against US after Trump's claim

Trump confirmed that he watched the military parade in Beijing, saying, “I thought it was very, very impressive, but I understood the reason they were doing it. And they were hoping I was watching — and I was watching"

‘You can't talk to India or China in that way… Colonial era is over’: Putin on Trump's tariff move | Watch

Addressing the media in China after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit and the country's Victory Day parade, Putin said that Trump is using economic pressure as a tool to undermine two of Asia's biggest countries