Representational ImageHyderabad: Mohammed Sufiyan, a Telangana native who ended up working as a support staff for the Russian army after being duped by an employment agent, returned home on September 14. The return of Sufiyan (22), who belongs to the Narayanpet district, ends the agonising wait of his family members who were worried about his safety as he was helping the Russian military in its war with Ukraine.Mr Sufiyan said he was promised a security-related job and not told about having to help the troops in the war[1]. He was told that he would have to undergo training for three ...

When is slower internet better than none at all? When are travel delays more serious a political challenge than threats of nuclear war? These questions acquired particular significance with the news that Stockholm’s Arlanda airport was temporarily closed this week when several drones intruded into its airspace. Investigations are still in progress, but the police are suggesting this was deliberate sabotage and suspicion is already falling on Moscow. It has highlighted what is likely to be a central element of Russia’s emerging political warfare against the West: a strategy of inconveniences.What is the strategic value in such seemingly petty and ...

On the eve of last weekend’s Global Peace Summit in Switzerland, Vladimir Putin unveiled a peace proposal[1] of his own. The presentation of this rival peace plan was an obvious attempt to undermine Ukraine’s Swiss initiative, but it also served as a timely reminder that Putin is waging an old-fashioned war of imperial conquest and will continue to escalate his demands until he is defeated.   Putin’s uncompromising vision for a future peace in Ukraine was widely condemned, with Kyiv officials and world leaders rejecting it as an “ultimatum[2].” Crucially, the terms outlined by the Kremlin leader would leave around twenty ...

Nigel Farage has defended making another trip to the US, where he is speaking at an event alongside a leading far-right Austrian politician whose party has opposed sanctions against Russia.The event on Friday evening in Chicago is the Reform leader’s third visit to the US[1] in little more than two months since he was elected MP.Farage is listed as the main speaker at a benefit event[2] for the Heartland Institute, an Illinois-based rightwing thinktank which is a denier of human-created climate change. Its president, James Taylor, who is also speaking, has called[3] climate change “a sham”. Tables at the dinner ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When school started this year for Mikalay in Belarus[1], the 15-year-old discovered that his teachers and administrators no longer called him by that name. Instead, they referred to him as Nikolai, its Russian equivalent.What’s more, classes at his school — one of the country’s best — are now taught in Russian, not Belarusian, which he has spoken for most of his life.Belarusians like Mikalay are experiencing a new wave of Russification[2] as Moscow expands its economic, political and cultural dominance to overtake the identity of its neighbor.It’s not the first time. Russia under the czars and ...

During a meeting with the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, the US president, Joe Biden, said that he does not think much about Russia's president, Vladimir Putin. The comment came in response to a reporter's question about Putin that suggested allowing Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia could mean that Nato was at war with Russia

Keir Starmer and Joe Biden have discussed letting Ukraine fire long-range, western-supplied missiles into Russia, while stopping short of any formal announcement. Vladimir Putin has threatened it would amount to Nato joining the war[1]. The UK prime minister told reporters at the White House that he had a “wide-ranging discussion about strategy” with the US president but that it was not just a meeting about “a particular capability”. Before the meeting, officials had said Starmer would press Biden to back his plan to let British Storm Shadow be used to strike inside Russia. Britain’s PM indicated he and Biden would ...

United States (US) President Joe Biden said on Friday (Sept 13) that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not prevail in his war with Ukraine. During a meeting at the White House with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Biden said that the US was committed to standing with the UK to help Ukraine. “The United States is committed to standing with you to help Ukraine as a defence against Russia's onslaught and aggression and be clear, make it clear that Putin will not prevail in this war and the people of Ukraine will prevail,” Biden said.Starmer, meanwhile, said, "...with Ukraine, where I think the ...

US President Joe Biden lost his cool and snapped at a British reporter when he asked him about Russia's Vladimir Putin war threat to the West[1] if Ukraine was allowed to use long-range missiles. The incident happened as Biden and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a key meeting at the White House in Washington. As the Sky News correspondent pressed Biden on Putin's threat, the 81-year-old US President shot back, "I say you be quiet until I speak. Okay? That's what I say. Good idea?"As the journalist persisted with his question, Biden rebuked him again, "You have got to ...

US President Joe Biden lost his cool and snapped at a British reporter when he asked him about Russia's Vladimir Putin war threat to the West[1] if Ukraine was allowed to use long-range missiles. The incident happened as Biden and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a key meeting at the White House in Washington. As the Sky News correspondent pressed Biden on Putin's threat, the 81-year-old US President shot back, "I say you be quiet until I speak. Okay? That's what I say. Good idea?"As the journalist persisted with his question, Biden rebuked him again, "You have got to ...