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Russia revises nuclear policy, is it likely to use its atomic weapons now?

The 4-year-old document has a bland, bureaucratic title Basic Principles of State Policy on Nuclear Deterrence but its contents are chilling, especially with its newest revisions. Better known as Russia's nuclear doctrine, the revamped version that was signed Tuesday by President Vladimir Putin spells out the circumstances that allow him to use Moscow's atomic arsenal, the world's largest. This new version lowers the bar, giving him that option in response to even a conventional attack backed by a nuclear power. That possibly could include the use of U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles by Ukraine to hit Russian territory which Moscow says happened Tuesday when six missiles hit the Bryansk region. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized that such strikes could potentially be a trigger for a nuclear response under the revised document. What is Russia's nuclear doctrine? Its first iteration was signed by Putin in 2020, and he approved latest version Tuesday, according to the Kremlin.

Confident of reaching $100 bn trade volume with Russia before 2030: EAM

India is confident of achieving USD 100 billion in annual bilateral trade with Russia well ahead of the timeline of 2030 and a more substantive relationship between the two nations has a larger global resonance, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday. There have been challenges to trade, especially with regard to payments and logistics and perceptible progress has been made in that regard, but there is still some work to be done, he said. The external affairs minister was speaking at the 25th India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC). The Russian delegation at the meeting was led by First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov. In his televised opening remarks at the 25th session of the (IRIGC-TEC), Jaishankar said the trade between the two countries needs to be "more balanced and that would require addressing current constraints and undertaking greater facilitative efforts." "As two m

PM Modi can influence conclusion of Russia-Ukraine conflict: Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to leverage India's influence to foster peace while adding that New Delhi can host Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations

Russia storming 4 towns in eastern Ukraine as Moscow pushes to gain control

Podolyaka said that fighting was also going on in the outskirts of Kurakhove and Selydove, which each had populations of about 20,000 before the war

Four Russian journalists accused of working for Navalny group go on trial

Four Russian journalists went on trial in Moscow on Wednesday after being accused of working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, which was designated by authorities as an extremist organisation in 2021. Antonina Favorskaya, Artyom Kriger, Sergey Karelin and Konstantin Gabov were arrested earlier this year and charged with involvement with an extremist group, a criminal offense punishable by up to six years in prison. All four have rejected the charges. The trial, which is being held behind closed doors, is the latest step in the Kremlin's unrelenting crackdown on dissent that has reached unprecedented levels after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago. The authorities have targeted opposition figures, independent journalists, rights activists and ordinary Russians critical of the Kremlin with criminal and misdemeanour charges, jailing hundreds and prompting thousands to leave the country, fearing ...

Can't confirm report on nationalisation of energy companies: Kremlin

Russian authorities have repeatedly said they have no plans to de-privatise large companies, including oil and gas producers

Russian expert pushes case for Putin to toughen policy on nuclear weapons

The current doctrine states that Russia would be prepared to use nuclear weapons in response to a nuclear attack by another country or a conventional attack that threatened the existence of the state

Ukraine attacks Russia with 144 drones; one dead, major airports shut

The drone attacks damaged at least two high-rise apartment buildings in the Ramenskoye district of the Moscow region

NSA Ajit Doval's visit to Russia has multiple aims: Foreign affairs expert

NSA Doval will visit Russia this week, sources said. He will attend the BRICS NSA meeting in Moscow

Putin arrives in Mongolia, member of ICC that issued arrest warrant for him

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Monday in Mongolia, a member of the international court that issued an arrest warrant for him. The official visit, in which he is to meet Tuesday with Mongolian leader Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, is Putin's first to a member country of the International Criminal Court since it issued a warrant for his arrest nearly 18 months ago on charges of war crimes in Ukraine. Ukraine has called on Mongolia to arrest Putin and hand him over to the court in The Hague. A spokesperson for Putin said last week that the Kremlin isn't worried about the visit.

Downed over 150 drones in biggest Ukrainian attack in ongoing war: Russia

Russian air defences intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over Moscow and nine over the surrounding region, the Defence Ministry said Sunday. Forty-six of the drones were over the Kursk region, where Ukraine has sent its forces in recent weeks in the largest incursion on Russian soil since World War II. A further 34 were shot over the Bryansk region, 28 over the Voronezh region, and 14 over the Belgorod region all of which border Ukraine. Drones were also shot down deeper into Russia, including one each in the Tver region, northwest of Moscow, and the Ivanovo region, northeast of the Russian capital. Russia's Defence Ministry said drones were intercepted over 15 regions, while one other governor said a drone was shot down over his region, too. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that falling debris from one of the two drones shot down over the city caused a fire at an oil refinery. Ukrainian drone strikes have brought the fight far from the front l

Russia-France ties hit new low after Telegram boss' arrest, says Moscow

Macron denies Russian charge of political motives

Russian Dy FM meets Indian envoy, explains position in Ukraine conflict

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin met the Indian Ambassador to Russia, Vinay Kumar on Monday and explained Moscow's "principled position" in the ongoing Ukraine conflict.The two sides reconciled approaches to certain international and bilateral issues and the conversation took place in a trusting and constructive atmosphere, the Russian Embassy in India, said in a statement."On August 26, Mr Mikhail Galuzin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, met with Mr. Vinay Kumar, Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation. The sides reconciled approaches to certain international and bilateral issues. Russia's principled position on the conflict in Ukraine was again explained to the head of the Indian diplomatic mission. The conversation took place in a trusting and constructive atmosphere," the statement read.This comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ukraine. The visit on August 23 was the first by an Indian PM to ...

Ukraine's new judges aim to build rule of law to realise European dreams

Appointments, long stalled by political tussles even before the war, follow an overhaul of judicial governance sought by the EU, which Kyiv aims to join to cement its shift from Moscow's orbit

Russia-China first bilateral barter trade anticipated to come this autumn

Barter trading would allow Moscow and Beijing to circumvent payment issues, reduce the visibility Western regulators have over their bilateral transactions, and limit currency risk

US asks Moscow to free jailed Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva

A court in the southern city of Kazan disclosed on Monday that it had convicted Kurmasheva of spreading false information about the Russian army

Goyal likely to attend Brics trade ministers' meeting in Moscow on July 26

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is expected to attend the BRICS trade ministers' meeting in Moscow on July 26, an official said on Friday. BRICS members are Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. It is a grouping of major emerging economies of the world, comprising over 40 per cent of the world population and accounting over 16 per cent in the global trade. During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Russia visit on July 8-9, India and Russia have set an ambitious bilateral trade target of USD 100 billion by 2030. India is focussing on various sectors like electronics, besides taking up issues of non-trade barriers removal, to boost exports to sanction-hit Russia and move towards achieving this target. At present, the bilateral trade stands at about USD 67 billion. The country is looking at various sets of commodities such as electronics, and engineering to increase exports to Russia. Indian marine and pharma exporters face issues in Russia, which New Delhi is loo

Indian Embassy in Moscow to help Air India passengers stuck in Krasnoyarsk

The statement said that the Indian officials will stay on the ground till the replacement plane arrives and takes all the passengers

Russian passenger jet flying empty crashes in Moscow, 3 crew members killed

A Russian passenger jet crashed on Friday while flying without passengers, killing its crew of three, officials said. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 went down in the Moscow region, according to Russian emergency officials. The authorities said the plane belonged to Gazprom Avia, a carrier owned by the Russian state-controlled natural gas giant Gazprom. They said the plane took off from an aircraft-making plant at Lukhovitsy 110 kilometers (68 miles) southeast of the Russian capital where it had undergone repairs. It was heading to Moscow's Vnukovo airport when it crashed. The Investigative Committee, the country's top state criminal investigation agency, has launched a probe into the crash. The Russian-made Superjet 100, also designated as SSJ100, was hailed by Russian officials as a major achievement for the country's civil aviation industry when it went into service in 2011 but it has had a patchy safety record. In May 2012, a Sukhoi Superjet 100 slammed into a dormant volcano during

Russia declares The Moscow Times 'undesirable' amid crackdown on criticism

It means the newspaper must stop any work in Russia and it subjects any Russian who cooperates with the paper to up to five years in prison