Russia

Meta says Russia tried to 'fully block' WhatsApp, isolate 100 million users

February 12, 2026 3:54 pm

Russia accuses WhatsApp of violating local laws as Meta says Moscow tried to "fully block" the messaging app.

Except Trump, nobody else has declared that India will stop buying Russian oil: Lavrov

February 12, 2026 1:20 am

Ready to go as far in relations with India as New Delhi would desire, Russia's Foreign Minister told the Parliament, adding, “sky is the limit”

Hope US deal won’t mean Delhi-Moscow ties suffer: Russia

February 11, 2026 7:43 am

The remarks by Ryabkov, who is in New Delhi for the first BRICS Sherpas meeting, come a day after Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said India's energy sourcing would be guided by national interests.

Telegram faces further restrictions, possible fines as Russian authorities clamp down

February 11, 2026 9:02 am

The watchdog, Roskomnadzor, began limiting voice and video calls via Telegram last August, when it took similar steps against Meta's WhatsApp.

After START, need for new stabilising mechanisms

February 09, 2026 7:59 am

The collapse of formal arms control will create ripples well beyond US-Russia relations. States feeling vulnerable may sense fewer constraints on pursuing nuclear options.

4 Indian students injured in knife attack in Russia

February 08, 2026 10:40 am

As per local media report, at least six persons, including Indian nationals, and two police officers were injured in a stabbing attack on Saturday in a sports hall of foreign students' hostel at a university in Russia's Bashkortos.

Oil and beyond: With Russia, India has to balance old ties, new realities

February 06, 2026 6:34 am

Trump’s claim that India ‘agreed to stop buying Russian oil’ has put New Delhi in a diplomatically tricky position with a longtime ally

Second trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and US get underway in Abu Dhabi

February 04, 2026 6:01 pm

The second round of the trilateral talks is taking place in the UAE capital, even as Russia continues to target Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Troops will be deployed in Ukraine instantly after peace deal with Russia, says NATO Chief Mark Rutte

February 03, 2026 5:56 pm

European countries, fearing Moscow's ambitions, see their own future security as being on the line in Ukraine.

Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, other cities under Russian attack, officials say

February 03, 2026 10:50 am

Flames consumed an apartment on the upper floors of a Kyiv block in videos posted on social media. An ​air raid alert stayed in effect for more than five hours.

In photos | Hugs and shared smiles -- Modi, Putin and Xi in a candid chat on Day 2 of SCO summit in China

September 01, 2025 11:38 am

"Always a delight to meet President Putin!," PM Modi said as the two leaders are set to hold bilateral talks later today.

In photos: Supporters of Russian opposition leader Navalny gather at grave on first death anniversary

February 17, 2025 1:41 am

Navalny, a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died on February 16, 2023, in the Polar Wolf penal colony in Kharp, where he was serving a prison sentence.

Air India ferry flight lands in San Francisco with passengers, crew two days after diversion

June 08, 2023 10:11 pm

A Delhi-San Francisco Air India flight was diverted to Magadan in Russia after it developed a technical glitch in one of its engines on Tuesday

In photos: America welcomes back Brittney Griner

December 10, 2022 1:59 pm

Russian-made missile shakes Poland, NATO

November 16, 2022 3:02 pm

A statement from the Polish Foreign Ministry identified the missile as being made in Russia. But President Andrzej Duda was more cautious about its origin, saying that officials did not know for sure who fired it or where it was made.

Scenes of jubilation as Russia retreats from Ukraine's Kherson

November 12, 2022 4:24 pm

Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the centre of the strategic city of Kherson after Russia withdrew from the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion began in February.

Kyiv residents take shelter in subway station as Russian missiles, drones strike Ukraine

October 11, 2022 8:07 pm

As Russia launched missile attacks in several Ukraine cities, several people took shelter inside a subway station in capital Kyiv.

Long lines at Russian borders as over 1,94,000 residents flee mobilisation

September 28, 2022 2:30 pm

Over 1,94,000 Russian nationals have fled to neighboring Georgia, Kazakhstan and Finland — most often by car, bicycle or on foot — in the week since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of reservists.

Thousands bid farewell to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union

September 04, 2022 4:21 pm

From his 'Glasnost' policy to a failed coup: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's life in pictures

August 31, 2022 12:01 pm

Mikhail Gorbachev played an instrumental role in ending the Cold War in 1991, without bloodshed. He also received the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for the same.

Meet the KGB spies who invented fake news

June 22, 2020 6:11 pm

The New York Times reveals how one of the biggest fake news stories ever concocted — the 1984 AIDS-is-a-biological-weapon hoax — went viral in the pre-Internet era. Meet the KGB cons who invented it, and the “truth squad” that quashed it. For a bit.

The origin of AK-47

June 22, 2020 6:23 pm

On this day, the first AK-47 went to production in what was then called the Soviet Union.

The origin on AK-47

June 22, 2020 6:23 pm

On this day, the first AK-47 went to production in what was then called the Soviet Union.

Questions over Syrian Kurds' links to Assad and Russia

February 26, 2016 1:11 pm

Body of girl who died in Russia arrives in Mumbai

February 17, 2016 2:05 pm

Mumbai, Feb 17 (ANI): The body of a girl who died in a fire incident in Russia arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday. In the shocking tragedy, two medical students from Maharashtra died of suffocation after a fire broke out in their institute in Russia on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Karishma Bhosale (20) from Pune and Pooja Kallur (22) from Nerul. BJP leader Kirit Somaiya was seen condoling the family members of the girl.

Russia: Lavrov slams 'unilateral egoistic line' on Syria that benefits some

February 10, 2016 4:27 pm

Russian President wishes India on Republic Day

January 24, 2016 1:31 pm

Russia, Jan 24 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended his greetings to the Indian citizens on the occasion of Republic Day. President Putin in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he appreciates relations of special and privileged strategic partnership between Russia and India. He added that he was sure that further build-up between the two nations will be fruitful bilateral cooperation in different areas. He also said that constructive interaction corresponds to their common interests and goes in line with ensuring stability and security in Asia and the entire world.

Sinai tragedy: funerals begin amid fresh theories over cause of crash

November 05, 2015 6:46 pm

Funerals have begun to take place in Russia for some of the 224 victims of the Sinai air crash. In the north western city of Veliky Novgorod, 60-year old Nina Lushchenko was the first to be laid to rest.

Russia sends missile systems to Syria to protect its forces

November 05, 2015 6:29 pm

Representatives of four Free Syrian Army rebel groups have dismissed a report claiming they would meet Russian officials to discuss fighting Islamic State militants.