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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.

Villains all

In December 1991, three presidents, Boris Yeltsin of Russia, Stanislav Shushkevich of Belarus and Leonid Kravchuk of Ukraine met secretly at Belavezha in Belarus. That meeting rang the death knell of the Soviet Union.

Blistering Stricture

“A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never erase a people’s love for liberty,” Mr Biden said. “Brutality will never grind down their will to be free. Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia, for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness.”