Tag: Vladimir Putin

Putin said Russia is open to negotiations with Ukraine and expressed hope they would lead to the desired result, Xinhua news agency reported.

As Russia fails to inflict quick defeat upon Ukraine after four days of fierce hostilities, President Vladimir Putin is about to pull his Belarusian ally, dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko, into his war of occupation, The Kyiv Independent reported.

Ukraine President Zelensky remains standing, and has become a global hero for his brave dispatches from the front line -- while his would-be assassins' reported killings have brought huge disgrace and widespread grief to Chechnya, Daily Mail reported.

Biden unveiled a series of economic and strategic sanctions on Russia at his news conference declaring, "This is going to impose a severe cost on the Russian economy, both immediately and over time".

With crude oil rates soaring sky high, all major economies of the world are at risk of financial stress. This would be an additional blow to the Indian economy badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Russia's special military operation in Ukraine is a "forced measure" and it was left without other options, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday while assuring the worried international community that Moscow did not intend to "damage" the global economic system.

To anyone who would consider interfering from the outside - if you do, you will face consequences greater than any you have faced in history, said Putin

Responding to Putin's announcement, Ukrainian President resident Volodymyr Zelensky said the country wanted peace, but declared that "we are not afraid" and "will not give anything away to anyone".

The crisis of European security occurred due to the eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which has led to the loss of mutual trust with Russia, Putin stressed.

The Foreign Secretary's comments came as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could cause "the destruction of a democratic state" and "the shock will echo around the world", the Daily Mail reported.

The Russian lawmakers' considerations come as Ukraine and its Western allies accuse Russia of preparing a potential invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbour, with more than 100,000 troops on the Ukrainian border, the report said.

Denis Alipov, the new Russian Ambassador to India, has said that the Kremlin is interested in the growth of India's influence as an independent centre of power - in the world as a whole, but primarily in the Asia-Pacific region.

Biden reiterated that "substantive progress in these dialogues can occur only in an environment of de-escalation rather than escalation," the statement added.

Putin also expressed concern over the situation in Afghanistan, and termed "fight against terrorism, drug trafficking and organised crime" as the key challenges on which both the countries will have to cooperate.

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