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President Putin will travel to India in December: Kremlin aide
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to India in December, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said Friday. Ushakov said President Putin will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday on the sidelines of the Shanghai...
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Putin to visit India in December as New Delhi faces US tariff pressure on Russian oil
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit India in December, according to a Kremlin aide, as ties between the two countries grow closer in the face of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Indian imports over its purchases of Russian oil....

Can Russia Weather a Fuel Crisis Caused by Ukrainian Drone Attacks?
Once again, Russia is in the grips of a gasoline crisis. Prices at the pump are rising, and some gas stations have run dry. This is not the first time Russia has experienced such shortages, but this time around they could be more serious because...

10 best things to do with kids on your next Dubai holiday
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Montenegro's Tourism Boom Eases As Prices Deter Visitors
In Montenegro, the money earned during the summer tourism season accounts for the bulk of personal income for the year. However, higher prices have slowed the number of visitors to the Balkan country. "It is all about these few weeks," a young...

Permission For Men Aged 1822 To Travel Abroad To Help Preserve Youth For Ukraine Zelensky
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The Head of State said this during a briefing, reports Ukrinform. “We really need, if we want to keep Ukrainian boys in Ukraine, that they first of all finish school here. And so that parents don't take them abroad, because...

Russia Rolls Out Engine Offer Ahead of SCO Summit in China
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250829/russia-rolls-out-engine-offer-ahead-of-sco-summit-in-china-1122683010.html Russia Rolls Out Engine Offer Ahead of SCO Summit in China Russia Rolls Out Engine Offer Ahead of SCO Summit in China Sputnik...

Twenty questions (and expert answers) about the negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine
New Atlanticist August 29, 2025 • 12:32 pm ET Print this page By Atlantic Council experts Ukraine is still standing, more than eleven years after Russia seized Crimea and parts of the Donbas region, and more than three years after Russian...

Dissident Belarusian sports official thought to be in Russia
A dissident Belarusian sports official who went missing in Turkey is believed to have traveled to Sochi in Russia, DW can reveal. Anatol Kotau, the former secretary general of the Belarusian Olympic Committee, was last heard from shortly after...
Police fear missing Brit boy, 3, has been abducted from popular tourist hotspot and taken to Russia by his own mother
The boy, named only as Oliver P, was reported missing by his father last month and has not been seen since July 4. Police believe the three-year-old was abducted by his Russian mother and removed from the country. Today, Spain’s interior ministry...

Why the Russia-India-China reboot will not last
US President Donald Trump’s trade war is pushing the three closer together, but trust issues run deep, making it a fragile partnership The Russia-India-China alliance, floated in the 1990s as a counterweight to the US, is being revived today as a...

First cases of chikungunya virus detected in Russia
Two residents of Balashikha, a suburb of Moscow, have been infected with the chikungunya virus. The disease was diagnosed after their return to Russia from Sri Lanka, Rospotrebnadzor reported. The virus was first detected in a 28-year-old man, who...

'India has maintained principled and humanitarian stance': PM Modi on Russia-Ukraine conflict
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India has maintained a principled and humanitarian stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a position that is "equally appreciated" by both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President...

US, Canada, and Australia Lead Tourist Spending in Greece in 2024
Tourism revenues in 2024 rose by 4 percent to 20.6 billion euros from 19.7 billion euros in 2023, with travelers from the US, Canada, and Australia ranking among the top spenders, according to a study by INSETE, the research body of the Greek...

Altea Hills row as Russian millionaire moves to seize control
The Russian businessman is once again making headlines. Credit: Jp18du73 / Creative Commons Altea Hills, the luxury urbanisation on the Valencian coast once frequented by Vladimir Putin during his summer holidays, is once again at the centre of...

Russia proposes to give credit holidays to fathers of newborns
State Duma Deputy Speaker Boris Chernyshov (LDPR) has addressed the head of the Russian government staff Dmitry Grigorenko and the chairperson of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina with a proposal to create a special program in Russia called...

Moldova Arrests 3 Over Russian-Run Bosnia Training Camps
Three Moldovan nationals have been arrested for allegedly training in Russian-run subversion camps in Bosnia’s Republika Srpska, authorities said, amid growing concerns over foreign attempts to destabilize the country. The Moldovan Office for...

EU Leadership Outraged After Russia's Deadly Attacks Damage Its Ukraine HQ
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has expressed outrage at Russia's latest deadly attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight including the capital, Kyiv. Russia's most deadly attack on Kyiv since July left 23 people, including four...
Joburg has a lot to learn from Europe's mega cities like Moscow
It's early Saturday morning on a warm summer's day when we finally touch down in Moscow after a gruelling 15 hour flight between Johannesburg and the Russian capital via Addis Ababa. I am not in Moscow on the overtures of Cyan Boujee and her ilk,...

British boy, 3, 'abducted' from holiday hotspot as police fear he's now in Russia
A massive police operation is under way to find a British boy who it is feared has been abducted by his Russian mum.The 3-year-old's British dad sounded the alarm by reporting him missing to police in Marbella. An urgent search for the boy, named...