Pinto foresees the tournament as a “small but important part for our preparation”.
Tag: Russia
Russia’s Sergei Lavrov warns Pompeo against US interference in Venezuela
Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo against US intervention in the internal affairs of Venezuela, including the use of force. Lavrov made the remarks during a phone conversation with Pompeo at the initiative of the US side, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in[Read More…]
Russia to direct Facebook, Twitter to localise users’ database
Moscow: Russian telecom watchdog Roskomnadzor has said that it will punish Twitter and Facebook if they decline to move the database of Russian users to Russia. “The companies will either have to localise the databases within a certain period of time, which I suppose will be about nine months, or[Read More…]
Putin welcomes Erdogan to Moscow to discuss Syrian war
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Kremlin on Wednesday, where the pair were set to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria, a country in which both nations have a military presence, albeit on opposing sides. Putin and Erdogan met in the Russian[Read More…]
Unredacted Manafort filing hints at Russia collusion
Washington, Lawyers working for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort have accidentally revealed the clearest evidence of coordination between the campaign and Russians, the media reported on Wednesday. Parts of a court filing that were meant to be redacted by Manafort’s legal team, were released publicly on Tuesday,[Read More…]
Ties with US, Russia, trade talks India’s diplomatic priorities in 2019
By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi,Maintaining a balance between ties with the US and Russia, talks on free trade agreements with Europe and Southeast Asia, and making the Indo-Pacific concept gain global acceptability will be among India’s top foreign policy priorities in the year ahead. Analysts believe that, for India, which[Read More…]
Maverick Trump does it again, pushes West Asia into deep gorge of instability
All learned pundits of foreign relations are shocked; majority of international community members are stunned; close American allies are traumatized and they are scrambling for words to respond to President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to pull out US troops from Syria. They were not prepared for such unpredictability of the[Read More…]
Merkel, Macron urge Russia to release Ukrainian sailors
Kiev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have urged Russia to release the Ukrainian sailors who were detained during tensions in the Sea of Azov, the media reported. In their joint statement, Merkel and Macron on Friday said that the sailors should be released by the end[Read More…]
China, Russia to boost military cooperation
Beijing, Chinese State Councillor and Minister of National Defence Wei Fenghe has met Deputy Defence Minister of Russia and Chief of Main Directorate for Political-Military Affairs of the Russian Armed Forces Andrey Kartapolov in Beijing. The meeting took place on Thursday. Wei spoke highly of recent exchanges and cooperation between[Read More…]
Kim Jong-un to visit Russia: South Korean envoy
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set to visit Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later in November, the South Korean Ambassador to Russia said on Monday. The specific dates of Kim’s Russia visit were not announced but Woo Yoon-keun said it was likely to happen later[Read More…]
India begins preparatory meet for joint SCO exercise in 2019
New Delhi: India on Thursday began a preparatory meet for the first phase of main Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) joint 2019 exercise with all eight member countries here to chalk out plan and modalities, said a Home Ministry statement. The representatives of the SCO member countries — India, Kazakhstan, China,[Read More…]
Himachal Pradesh: Spanish paraglider spotted; rescue ops on Tuesday
Jose Lewis, a Spanish paraglider who was reported missing from Bir Billing takeoff point has been spotted on a hill between Thumsar Pass and Bara Bhangal village area of Kangra valley and the rescue team will get him out on Tuesday. A Spanish paraglider, Jose Lewis, 40, is missing in Kangra[Read More…]
Putin to visit India next month for bilateral summit
New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India from October 4-5 during the course of which he will hold an annual bilateral summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was announced on Friday. “Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to New Delhi on October 4-5 for[Read More…]
Why India bets for S-400 missile system than THAAD
China made no official comment nor did Russia pass any remarks on inaugural two-plus-two dialogue between India and the US. It is viewed that China and Russia did so keeping in mind their individual relations with India which has improved in the recent days with all three countries enjoying similar[Read More…]
Why are neighbour countries making distance with India?
Right from the beginning, Narendra Modi has always been very confident about his policies for foreign countries. During his swearing-in ceremony, he tried to convey a message that he is determined to take away the path of foreign policy from his predecessor Manmohan Singh. He had called all the South[Read More…]
Russia rejected Reliance Defence in favour of PSUs, before Rafale deal
In 2016, India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France called Rafale Deal that gathered much controversy for the ruling party. Instead of dying down with the course of time, the fighter jet deal controversy has taken a shape of any scam. Before India signed a Memorandum of Understanding with France[Read More…]
Google to increase political ad transparency and security
Google took a new move Wednesday to increase transparency on political ads on its platform by releasing an online library of US political ads and a report on details of ad-expenditure ahead of the mid-term US elections in November this year. Google said the addition of the political advertising report[Read More…]
Skripal Attack: Trump to hit Russia with new sanctions over Novichok use
The US government has said it will impose fresh sanctions on Russia after determining it used nerve agent against a former Russian double agent living in the UK. Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found unconscious on a bench in the city of Salisbury in March. The attack left[Read More…]
As another 90-day period ends, Trump to impose sanctions on Iran again
US President Donald Trump’s administration will re-impose the first batch of Iran sanctions on Monday since Washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal. The more significant tranche of sanctions, including on oil sales, won’t however, come into force until November, reports The Hill news. Trump announced in May that he[Read More…]
US prepares new sanctions against Russia
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that he is committed to working with the Congress on a new Russia sanctions bill, after he issued a Crimea Declaration that rejected Russia’s control of Crimea. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Pompeo on Wednesday said that he will support[Read More…]
Trump threatens Iran, warns of dire consequences
President Donald Trump has warned his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani that if Tehran threatened the US again, it will suffer consequences the likes of which few have ever suffered before. The tweet in all-caps was posted on Sunday night and followed an apparent warning by Rouhani, in which he cautioned[Read More…]
World Cup 2018 quarter-final: Croatia beat Russia on penalties, enters semis
Ivan Rakitic scored the winning penalty as Croatia beat Russia 4-3 in a shoot-out after a dramatic 2-2 draw on Saturday to end the World Cup hopes of the host nation and advance to a semi-final against England. Brazilian-born Mario Fernandes had kept Russia’s dream alive when he headed home[Read More…]
FIFA World Cup 2018: Brazil prepare for Samara samba in last 16 clash vs Mexico
Samara (Russia): World Cup favourites Brazil continue their campaign for the 2018 World Cup here on Monday against a Mexican side which stated their campaign brilliantly before coming dangerously close to elimination. Brazil produced their best display of the tournament in beating Serbia 2-0 to secure their place in the[Read More…]
Twitter bans Russia-based Kaspersky Lab from buying ads
Moscow/New Delhi: Twitter has banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab from advertising on its platform, stating that the company “operates using a business model that inherently conflicts with acceptable Twitter Ads business practices.” In an open letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Kaspersky Lab’s Founder Eugene Kaspersky has termed the[Read More…]
Syria chemical attack: Investigators allowed to visit site
Damascus: Chemical weapons inspectors in Syria will be permitted to visit the site of an alleged chemical attack on Wednesday, Russia has said. The international team has been in the country since Saturday, but has not been allowed to visit Douma, the BBC reported. The attack on April 7, prompted military[Read More…]