Trump's leniency on the Chinese, and heavy-handed tariffs on India, jeopardise decades of American efforts to bring India away from Russia and China, said Bolton
Putin briefed PM Modi on Ukraine during their call, and both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership
Earlier, Trump had said that he will meet very shortly with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine
In a telephonic conversation, PM invites Russian President to visit India later this year
Modi and Putin reaffirm defence and trade cooperation; talks follow Ajit Doval's Moscow visit and rising global trade tensions involving the US, India, and Brazil
Even before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow was under sanctions due to its annexation of Crimea
The president also touched on killings that have continued on both sides and added, I don't like long waits. I think it's a shame
With Trump's tariff hike targeting Indian exports, New Delhi may await US domestic shifts, engage BRICS leaders, and explore alternative markets before retaliating
Doval held talks with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu and other senior officials that focused on bilateral energy and defence cooperation as well as Putin's visit to India
The news came on the eve of a White House deadline for Moscow to show progress toward ending the 3-year-old war in Ukraine
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The Kremlin says a Putin-Trump summit has been agreed 'in principle'; the White House confirms discussions are underway, but nothing finalised
News of a potential meeting, came hours after Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Putin in Moscow
A bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO summit is also being planned, the sources said
Trump says 'great progress' made in envoy Witkoff's meeting with Putin
Witkoff met Putin for around three hours on a last-minute mission to seek a breakthrough in the 3-1/2-year war that began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Rejecting Donald Trump's offer to call him, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that to defend its interests, Rio De Janeiro would use all available resources, including the WTO
Witkoff was seen taking an early morning stroll through Zaryadye Park, a stone's throw from the Kremlin, with Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian president's envoy for investment and economic cooperation
Trump's change in stance comes hours after he suggested imposing increased tariffs on additional countries buying energy from Russia, including China
Putin's goal is to fully capture the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, which Russia has claimed as its own, and then to talk about a peace pact, one of the sources said