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Russia’s Putin to visit India in December
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to India in December, the Kremlin said on Friday (Aug 29), as ties between the countries deepen amid pressure from the United States over New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil....

Russia's Putin To Visit India In December Amid US Tariff War: Report
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to India in December, the Kremlin confirmed on Friday, as Moscow and New Delhi deepen their strategic ties in the face of US trade pressure, reported AFP news agency. Putin is also set to meet Prime...
Interview: Russia, China to continue working together for prosperity, says Putin
MOSCOW, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Russia and China will continue to work together to ensure the prosperity of the two great nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. In a written interview with Xinhua on the eve of his visit to China to attend...
Cultural exchanges between Russia, China continue to develop dynamically: Putin
MOSCOW, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that cultural exchanges, the "strategic dimension" of the relationship between Russia and China, continue to develop dynamically. In a written interview on the eve of his visit...

Amidst Trump tariff tensions, Russian President Putin confirms visit to India in December
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India in December, top Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday. Ushakov added that Putin will discuss about his visit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the meeting on the sidelines of the...

Putin to travel to India in December, says Kremlin aide
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to India in December, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday.Ushakov said President Putin will meet PM Narendra Modi on Monday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation...
Russian President Putin to Visit China
Ashen Tharaka TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China from August 31 to September 3 for a series of high-level meetings and events, according to a statement from the Kremlin. During the...

How Kharkiv celebrated Ukraine’s Independence Day during fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war
Ukraine’s Independence Day on August 24 is one of three significant holidays that Kharkiv locals celebrate in the last month of summer. Before that, on August 23, there is National Flag Day and the Kharkiv City Day. A city that’s located less than...
Tanker with sanctioned Russian Arctic LNG 2 cargo berths in China, tracking data shows
A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 plant has moored at an import terminal in southern China on Thursday, after loading at a Russian storage facility in June, Kpler and LSEG ship-tracking data showed. If...

Estonian charged with aiding Russia
BROOKLYN – Estonian national Andrey Shevlyakov on Friday was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo in Brooklyn federal court on charges of conspiracy and seventeen other counts related to a scheme to source U.S.-made technology for...

Myanmar student sails on Russian nuclear icebreaker
The government has been promoting the education sector to enable young people to shoulder the nation’s responsibilities with high academic ability and intellectual development. Youth forums and discussions are also being organized, and students...

Vance leads charge rejecting negative coverage of Witkoff’s efforts in Russia
Vice President JD Vance rebuked on Friday morning on X a report on special envoy Steve Witkoff, setting off a deluge of Trump administration officials who came to the U.S. diplomat’s defense.Vance’s backlash was in response to Politico reporter...

Russian tourists join relief effort in wake of typhoon in Hainan’s Sanya
HAIKOU /China/, August 29. /TASS/. Russian tourists joined the relief effort following Tropical Storm Kajiki that hit the resort city of Sanya in China’s southernmost province of Hainan at the end of last week, a local propaganda department at the...

Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, known for Anna Karenina ballet, dies aged 92
The Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who created the celebrated ballets Anna Karenina and the Carmen Suite, has died in Germany at the age of 92, Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre said on Friday. He and his wife of 57 years, the legendary ballerina Maya...

Putin plans to travel to India in December, the Kremlin says
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin plans to travel to India in December, Putin’s aide said Friday. Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters that the Russian leader will discuss his upcoming December visit with Indian Prime...

Tourism in Kyrgyzstan: More visitors amid falling foreign investments
In 2024, tourism in Kyrgyzstan showed mixed trends. On one hand, the number of visitors to the country exceeded 3.7 million — a one-third increase compared to the previous year. On the other hand, the volume of direct foreign investment in the...

Putin plans to travel to India in December, Kremlin says
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin plans to travel to India in December, his aide has said. Mr Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters that the Russian leader will discuss his upcoming December visit with Indian Prime Minister...

Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin dies aged 92 in Munich
MOSCOW: Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin has died at the age of 92 according to an announcement from Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre. The theatre described his passing as an “enormous tragedy” in a statement released on Friday. Shchedrin was the husband...

Kremlin Confirms Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Visit To India; Details Inside
The Kremlin verified on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India in December, as Moscow and New Delhi bond more strongly in the face of increasing U.S. pressure. Putin will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday at...
Russian President Putin to visit India in December
Russian President Vladimir Putin. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to India in December, the Kremlin said Friday (August 29, 2025), as ties between the countries grow closer and after the...