Former Russian deputy energy minister Vladimir Milov said the timing of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny's disappearance was 'no coincidence', as he pointed to President Vladimir Putin's announcement to run again in the elections scheduled in 2024, CNN reported.
When questioned about India's relationship with the United States and whether it could be characterised as an alliance, PM Modi highlighted the "upward trajectory" of relations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed confidence that the United States and other Western countries will continue to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion, as reported by Al Jazeera.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected the assertions by the United States that Moscow might launch an attack on a NATO country in the future, dismissing such claims as "complete nonsense," Al Jazeera reported."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of "problems" with neighbouring Finland following its accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) earlier this year, CNN reported.
Addressing the public and media in his first end-of-year news conference since the offensive started, Putin asserted that achieving peace depends on Ukraine meeting these conditions.
It reported that Russia entered the war with 360,000 troops, including contract and conscript personnel, of which the country lost 315,000 on the battlefield. 2,200 tanks out of 3500 have been lost and 4,400 of the 13,600 infantry fighting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers have als
Biden said, "Congress needs to pass supplemental funding to Ukraine before they break for holiday recess, before they give [Vladimir] Putin the greatest Christmas gift they can possibly give him."
The lawyers of jailed Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, have not heard from him for around a week and his name is also missing from the list of the prisoners, CNN reported.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemned Israel's counter-attack on Gaza, stressing that it is unacceptable that Israel is using Hamas' October 7 offensive as justification for a collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza, Al Jazeera reported.
Taking to X, Israel's PMO said, "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war against Hamas and the situation in the region. The PM expressed his dissatisfaction with the positions expressed against Israel by Russian representatives at the UN an
Raisi expressed his satisfaction with the growing ties between Iran and Russia and termed the cooperation with Russia important in line with Iran's neighbourhood policy.