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Plenary session at 2022 Eastern Economic Forum

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The US should have no doubts about Russia’s readiness to defend itself by all means

September 30, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The US military should have no doubts about Russia’s readiness to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and people by all available means, the Russian embassy in the United States said on Thursday. “We have noted a September 29 Newsweek article which quotes statements by anonymous Pentagon officials about plans to respond to the hypothetical […]

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova gives press briefing

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Nord Stream leaks occurred in a zone controlled by US intelligence

September 29, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday said the Nord Stream pipeline incidents took place in the exclusive economic zone of Denmark and Sweden, an area that is fully controlled by US intelligence agencies. Commenting on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipeline leaks on Wednesday, Zakharova recalled that officials in Washington […]

Russia President Putin visits Veliky Novgorod

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Russia to formally take over 4 Ukrainian regions into its territory

September 29, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Russia will on Friday formally annex four regions of Ukraine it currently occupies following referendums in those areas in September, the Kremlin said. Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony in the Kremlin on Friday to add the territories of Ukraine into Russia, his spokesman said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a […]

Exhibition of Mikhail and Ivan Morozov art collections previewed in Moscow

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Russia intends to promote exchanges with China and India

September 28, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Russia hopes to develop cultural ties, including inter-museum exchanges with China, which has been waiting for opportunities to introduce Russian culture to its general public as well as with India, Special Representative of the Russian President for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoy told Russian journalists on Tuesday. “When we are talking about a ‘turn […]

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Russia grants citizenship to Edward Snowden

September 27, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday granting Russian citizenship to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden was among 75 foreign nationals granted Russian citizenship, according to an order signed by the president. Snowden, 39, escaped the US and was given refuge in Russia after leaking secret files in 2013 that […]

Presidents of Russia and Belarus meet in Sochi

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Russia and Belarus will fly their own planes, drive their own cars

September 27, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko believes that joint import substitution projects of Russia and Belarus will make it possible to replace products previously supplied from unfriendly countries. “We are doing well with import substitution. We will fly our own planes – both military and civilian. We will travel in our own cars. There is no […]

Annual news conference by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin

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No decisions made to close borders, impose martial law in regions

September 27, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: No decisions have been made to close the borders and introduce martial law in certain regions of Russia, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Monday. “I don’t know anything about this. No decisions have been made for now,” Peskov said while answering questions about whether martial law would be introduced in […]

Russia Ambassador to USA Antonov gives interview to TASS news agency

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Russia hopes its relations with the US are not on brink of nuclear conflict

September 24, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Moscow wants to believe that relations with Washington have not degenerated to the point of escalating into a full-fledged nuclear conflict, Russian envoy to the US Anatoly Antonov said on Friday in a video address to participants of the Diplomatic Academy’s international scientific conference devoted to the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile […]

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Anti-Russian sanctions hugely harm European countries

September 24, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Large-scale restrictive measures imposed by the European Union against Russia because of the situation around Ukraine cause great harm to Europe and Europeans, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with media on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. “If you look at the sanction policy of the European […]

World Leaders Gather At 77th United Nations General Assembly

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UN chief hopes for all-for-all prisoner swap between Russia, Ukraine

September 23, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is hopeful that Russia and Ukraine will carry out an all-for-all prisoner exchange. “Yesterday’s news that more than 250 prisoners of war were exchanged between Ukraine and the Russian Federation was a welcome development. I commend the efforts of both parties and hope they will build on this with […]