Russia | DD News

September 26, 2025 6:51 PM

‘Factually incorrect, entirely baseless’: India rejects NATO chief’s claim on PM Modi-Putin phone call

India on Friday firmly dismissed remarks made by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on a purported conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin as "factually incorrect and entirely baseless." The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) clarified that no such discussion had ever taken place and urged NATO leadership to act with greater caution. India criticised the remarks after Rutte suggested that PM Modi had sought clarifications from Putin on Russia's war...

September 25, 2025 10:47 PM

PM Modi, Russia’s Deputy PM Dmitry Patrushev discuss boosting ties in agriculture and food processing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev on Thursday on the sidelines of World Food India 2025 in New Delhi. The two leaders discussed ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in agriculture, fertilizers, food processing, and other areas of mutual interest. PM Modi conveyed his warm greetings to President Vladimir Putin and said he looked forward to welcoming him to India for the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit later this year. In a post on X, the Prime Mi...

September 24, 2025 10:49 PM

Zelenskiy tells UN: Stop Russia’s war or face destructive arms race

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on world powers on Wednesday to work together to stop Russia's war in his country, accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of seeking to expand the fighting beyond Ukraine. He said in a speech to the 193-member United Nations General Assembly that the war had helped unleash the most destructive arms race in history and that Ukraine was moving to open up the export of its weapons to allies. "The facts are simple, stopping this war ... is cheaper ...

September 24, 2025 8:11 PM

Kremlin says Trump’s Ukraine shift mistaken and swayed by Zelenskiy

The Kremlin on Wednesday flatly rejected what Donald Trump said was the rationale behind his rhetorical U-turn on the war in Ukraine, saying it appeared that the U.S. president had been influenced by Ukraine's leader and was mistaken. In an abrupt shift in Ukraine's favour, Trump said on Tuesday after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he believed that Kyiv could recapture all of its land taken by Russia - which controls around one-fifth of the country - and that it should act...

September 24, 2025 6:25 PM

Kremlin says process of restoring ties with US is proceeding ‘much more slowly than desired’

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that the process of restoring relations between Russia and the US was proceeding "much more slowly than desired." Peskov told reporters that the Kremlin would like to speed up work on removing what he called irritants in bilateral relations and said there were many areas where Russia and the US could cooperate in the interests of both countries. More to follow... (Reuters)...

September 24, 2025 2:47 PM

Europe must step up after Trump’s shift on Ukraine, Berlin says

Europe must "grow up" and step up its support for Ukraine after comments by U.S. President Donald Trump backing Kyiv to take back all of its territory from Russia, Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Wednesday. Speaking to Germany's Deutschlandfunk radio, Wadephul said Trump had realised that his own efforts had failed to persuade Russia's Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Trump's remarks on Truth Social marked an abrupt and major rhetorical shift for the U.S. leader who...

September 24, 2025 9:38 AM

Trump, in rhetorical shift, says Ukraine can retake all its land

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he believed Ukraine could retake all its land occupied by Russia and that Kyiv should act now with Moscow facing "big" economic problems, in a sudden and striking rhetorical shift in Ukraine's favor. But there was no sign that Trump's words would be matched by a change in U.S. policy, such as a decision to impose the heavy new sanctions on Moscow sought by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he traveled to New York this week. "Putin and Russia...

September 22, 2025 3:49 PM

Buddha’s Holy Relics to be displayed in Russia’s Kalmykia for first time

The sacred Relics of the Buddha from the National Museum, New Delhi, will be taken to Russia’s Kalmykia Republic for the first time to be enshrined and venerated at the 3rd International Buddhist Forum in Elista from September 24–28, 2025, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement on Monday. Organised by the ministry in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), the National Museum, and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), the event will mark the...

September 17, 2025 1:28 PM

Russia is ready to deepen discussions with the U.S. on Sakhalin 1 project, RIA reports

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that Moscow was ready to deepen discussions with the U.S. on energy cooperation, including on the Sakhalin 1 project, RIA reported. Ryabkov also said that Russia was in contact with the U.S. on various issues, and that dialogue continued. "I can mention Sakhalin-1 as the most obvious example of the work that has begun in this area," he was quoted as saying by RIA. Russian president Vladimir Putin signed last month a decree that ...

September 12, 2025 6:20 PM

Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s largest oil terminal for the first time

A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's northwestern port of Primorsk suspended loadings at the country's largest oil terminal for the first time, according to two industry sources and Ukraine's military. The drone strike, the first reported such attack on the port, set fire to two vessels, the industry sources said. The Russian governor of the region around the port said a drone attack had set fire to one vessel and a pumping station and did not report any suspension of operations. Kyiv has inte...