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apparatchiks in Beijing had seemingly not realised that the ensuing prosperity would turn their society into a liberal democracy, given time. Newly democratic Russia was also headed beyond history: it was planning an underwater gas pipeline to Germany, the home of Wandel durch Handel (change through trade). Even the head of its security service at the time of Kosovo, one Vladimir Putin, would denounce communism as “a blind alley".

S Jaishankar on Friday said the government is awaiting the release of 69 Indians recruited into the Russian army and that in many cases there are indications that the Indian nationals were misled. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the minister also said the government has taken up seriously the issues of recruitment of Indian nationals into the Russian army and cyber crime trafficking of nationals to South East Asian countries. There are a total of 91 cases so far of Indian nationals being recruited in the Russian army. Out of them, eight have passed away, 14 have been discharged or sent back, and the release of 69 nationals is awaited, Jaishankar said during the Question Hour. «We take this issue very very seriously… I have myself raised it many times with the Russian foreign minister,» he said and added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took up the issue during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month.

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Russia was battling a major cross-border incursion from Ukraine for a second day on Wednesday, with authorities evacuating several thousand civilians due to fighting, officials said. The incursion began on Tuesday morning, with the Russian defence ministry announcing it had deployed air and artillery firepower to try to quash Ukrainian troops breaking into the Kursk border region. «The operation for the destruction of Ukrainian army units is continuing,» the defence ministry said on social media Wednesday.

The Russian Senate has approved a draft law on crypto mining, meaning the landmark bill will now pass into law, pending the signature of President Vladimir Putin.

Putin has offered humanitarian aid to North Korea, which has been hit by heavy rainfalls and floods, Pyongyang's state media KCNA said on Sunday. Relations between the two countries have grown closer, and Putin made the offer in a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivered on Saturday via the Russian embassy in Pyongyang. The Russian leader's message expressed sympathy and support. Putin displayed «his willingness to provide immediate humanitarian support for the recovery from the flood damage,» KCNA said.

Ukraine. I'm grateful for that.

Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane discusses the U.S. interception of a Russian and Chinese aircraft, a report that Ukraine is urging China to help end the war, and France's rail networks hit by arson attacks.

The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, is set to review a cryptocurrency bill along with separate legislation on crypto mining in its second and third readings on Tuesday.

The EU’s landmark regulation for crypto takes effect within the week – and it doesn’t seem that any major specialised players have succeeded in getting authorised.  

Russia’s crypto mining legalization could provide the Treasury with a $570 million boost, lawmakers estimate.

Modi and Vladimir Putin. America is deep in the throes of election politics — Donald Trump's escape from near-death, Joe Biden's exit and Kamala Harris' entry into the presidential race are dominating the headlines. Tempers have calmed somewhat but all is not well in the realm.

A senior Russian lawmaker says the nation’s CBDC – the digital ruble – will not be ready for cross-border use until 2026.

Russia has emerged as the biggest recipient of projects and loans as well as monetary assistance from China under the controversial Belt and Road Initiative. The Asian communist-ruled country has been shocking the world for more than twenty years with its economic strides and stupendous economic growth rate. Russia-China cooperation has soared to such a level that it has set the alarm bell ringing and the Western world, including the US and Europe, are scared. It has deepened global concern over what a partnership between these two powerhouses could cause. Western experts apprehend that China could be taking advantage of Russia's valuable natural resources.

Russian authorities say they have seized 500 crypto mining rigs in a raid on the Bitcoin (BTC) mining hotspot of Irkutsk.

China's challenge to American primacy, it's believed, will be the defining contest of the century. While this may be true, a far more dangerous contest is afoot between what seems to be a crumbling old order (US-led West) and a rivalrous new Axis that is struggling to be born — China-Russia-Iran-North Korea (CRIK). Award winning journalist John Pilger tells us that Mao in 1944 had made an appeal to Washington, «China must industrialise, this can only be done by Free Enterprise. Chinese and American interests fit together, economically and politically. We cannot risk crossing America; we cannot risk any conflict». He received no reply. Mao's successors decided to join the system and beat the US at its own game — capitalism & innovation — and are now with its bete noire Russia challenging the American-led order. Iran and North Korea have strengthened this New Axis. The evolving powerplay has created the precise construct that Henry Kissinger had once warned: a Bear-Dragon tandem that is in delightful synchrony. The New Axis has not only performed well in the Ukrainian and West Asian theatres of war, but is also looking towards the Global South (125 countries, 80% of the global population, 40% of global GDP) as its wider field of play.

Russia and find him sitting with a submachine gun in his office. Russian President Vladimir Putin's internal security force, the National Guard, has recommended in its draft proposal that the top managers at Russia's Central Bank should carry submachine guns, reports 'Newsweek'. The proposal has been made at a time when Russia is going through an economic crises due to Ukraine War. The National Guard or Rosogvardiya is responsible for the protection of state buildings and domestic security. It is under the direct control of the Russian president.

drone strikes by Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has fortified the defenses surrounding his palace in Valdai, located north of Moscow. Satellite images captured on May 6 reveal at least seven medium-range air defense systems deployed near the extensive forest estate on Lake Valdai's shores, as reported by the US-based think tank, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Prioritizing High-Value Targets According to The Telegraph, the ISW stated, «Ukraine's relentless drone strikes have compelled Moscow's military command to prioritize limited air defense assets to cover what it deems high-value targets.» The satellite images also show Pantsir-S1 air defense units, surface-to-air missiles, and a long-range radar station, operational since the spring when Ukraine intensified attacks on Russian infrastructure.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-profile visit to Moscow last week set off a firestorm of criticism in the West. But if you look beyond the hyperbole used to describe India-Russia relations, it becomes obvious that there’s less to the connection than meets the eye. As a weakened Russia grows more dependent on China, India has no choice but to draw closer to the U.S.