Russia assumes UN Security Council presidency despite ICC's arrest warrant against Putin
World | April 01, 2023 22:27 ISTNotably, this came nearly two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin was prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.
Notably, this came nearly two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin was prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.
Russia foreign policy: The strategic partnership between India and Russia is based on 5 main pillars- politics, defence, civil nuclear energy, counter-terrorism cooperation, and space. India and Russia celebrated the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations.
The top Russian official stressed that both nations should work to obtain a new medium for payment and added digital payment could be the "most promising" and "most viable" option for both nations.
Citing the statement released by Rosneft, the Russian media reported that the deal was signed during the working trip of Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin to India.
The clarifications from Putin's side came nearly a week after his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping made a visit to Moscow.
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Although a joint statement released by Russia and China mentioned that both leaders had a crucial meeting dedicated to the ongoing war, the outcome did not lead to any breakthrough.
Notably, this is the first meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with any global leader since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for his atrocities on children in war-torn Ukraine.
Xi’s trip — his first abroad since his re-election earlier this month — showed off Beijing’s new diplomatic swagger and gave a political lift to Putin just days after an international arrest warrant was issued for the Kremlin leader on war crimes charges related to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, reacting to the major development, Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, applauded the ICC step and accused President Putin of committing war crimes against children.
Xi’s visit to Russia comes days after China clinched the Iran-Saudi Arabia peace deal, regarded as a diplomatic coup, aimed at expanding Beijing’s role in world hotspots to end conflicts.
Peskov has appealed to the media to follow the defence ministry for any updates concerned with the matter and directed not to publish anything which is "provocative".
Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the country's economy was performing "well" despite the fact it has been facing multiple Western and European Union-imposed sanctions.
The critical remarks from CIA's Burns came amid multiple reports of Tehran sending its lethal drones to Moscow.
Ever since the war erupted against Russian forces, President Zelenskyy took staunch action against those involved in spying or other corruption charges.
Instead of escaping the brutal war, Zelenskyy filmed a rebellious video of himself outside the presidential offices with his four closest aides arrayed behind him.
Although the Ukrainian citizens were acquainted with Russia's ill intentions, they were oblivious that a topsy-turvy journey had been waiting for them.
Making the statement during his state-of-the-nation address, Putin said that Moscow was suspending its participation in the New START treaty — the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States amid tensions with Washington over Ukraine war.
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According to the reports, the Chinese leader would visit Moscow in the last month of April or in the first week of May.
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