Russia
Geopolitics
Modi tells Putin dialogue is the only path to end Ukraine war
Narendra Modi met Vladimir Putin on 31 August on the margins of the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and told the Russian president that dialogue and diplomacy was the way forward in resolving conflicts.
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Russian TV airs a first interview with jailed Australian Oscar Jenkins
Oscar Jenkins has given his first interview since a Russian court sentenced him to 13 years' imprisonment, filmed inside a jail in Russian-occupied Luhansk by Australian journalist Mark Lowe.
Geopolitics
Russian opposition leader jailed for 11 years over anti-war posts
Russia's Pskov City Court has jailed Yabloko deputy chairman Lev Shlosberg for eleven years over social media posts opposing the war in Ukraine, one of the heaviest sentences yet handed to a mainstream opposition figure.
Geopolitics
Zelensky says Russia plans 50,000 North Korean troops
Volodymyr Zelensky's estimate of North Korea's planned military contribution to Russia keeps rising. When Ukraine's president first raised the prospect of an expanded deployment, he put the incoming figure at 30,000 additional troops.