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PM to visit Russia next week for BRICS Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia from 22-23 October at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the 16th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) Summit, being held in Kazan.

Putin signs decree on autumn military draft

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday, calling up 133,000 citizens for military service in autumn, according to a document posted on the country's legal information portal.

What next?

The cracks in the ‘bromance’ between the world’s two most powerful, autocratic strongmen President Xi Jinping of China and President Vladimir Putin of Russia that appeared in the aftermath of the Wagner rebellion, the most significant challenge to the latter’s authority in two decades, appear to have widened.

Active non-alignment to survive superpower split

What does the Ukraine war have to do with Brazil? On the face of it, perhaps not much. Yet, in his first six months in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – now in his third non-consecutive term – has expended much effort trying to bring peace to the conflict in eastern Europe.

Wagner & China

Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have survived the challenge to his leadership after his one-time protégé and leader of…