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Russia requests the UN Security Council to convene an urgent meeting over US and UK airstrikes in Yemen
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Russia has requested the United Nations Security Council to convene on January 12 in connection with strikes carried out by the United States and the United Kingdom in Yemen
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia and Iran officially become BRICS members, 2024 summit to be held in Russia’s Kazan
In the Johannesburg summit, Argentina was also invited to join, as Argentina's former government had expressed an interest in making the country a BRICS member. However, Javier Milei, the new President of Argentina, had decided to withdraw the BRICS application. Milei's policies are more USA-centric.
20, including two children, lost lives as Ukraine strikes on Belgorod in Russia
Two children and 18 others died in missile attack by Ukraine in Russia. Belgorod suffered large scale devastation as Ukraine attacked Russia.
‘We will be glad to see our friend in Russia’: President Putin invites PM Modi to visit Moscow in 2024
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Jaishankar is on a five-day Russia visit from December 25 to 29 as a part of the ongoing high-level exchanges between the two sides.
‘High degree of trust, India-Russia relations the only constant in global politics’: Dr. Jaishankar in Moscow
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An #AtmanirbharBharat will deepen ties with Russia in a multipolar world," Jaishankar posted on X.
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny found at penal colony in Siberia 2 weeks after alleged ‘disappearance’
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"We have found Alexey," Navalny's spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, said in a statement on X. "He is now in IK-3 in the settlement of Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District."
Ukraine legalises marijuana, says it will help to cope with the trauma of war
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It reported on Thursday that the law was adopted with 248 votes in favour, 16 votes against, 33 abstentions and 40 members not voting. The new law will come into effect after six months.
Putin listening to everything going on in Ukraine during the war? Ukraine military chief’s office bugged, devices found
The Ukrainian media immediately pointed the suspicions towards Russia, which is in a war against Ukraine since Feb 2022.
‘Modi cannot be intimidated to take any decision against India’s interests’: Vladimir Putin praises PM Modi again
Vladimir Putin said, "The policy led by Prime Minister Modi is the main guarantor for the relations between Russia and India consistently developing in all the areas."
Russia: Gay activists fear arrest as country’s supreme court bans ‘international LGBTQ movement’ and labels it as ‘extremist’
Russia's Supreme Court ruled that LGBTQ activists should be designated as extremists in the country.
