The US has not asked India to reduce its purchase of Russian oil, says American treasury official

The United States has not asked India to stop or reduce its oil imports from Russia and nor has it sanctioned any Indian entity for buying and refining crude oil purchased from Russia since the beginning of its war with Ukraine, according senior American officials from the United States Treasury Department. “There is no restriction, … Read more

Vladimir Putin wins a fifth term as Russia’s President, gets 87% votes in elections

Russian President Vladimir Putin won the presidential elections, receiving 87.17% of the votes based on the result of processing 70% of the electoral protocols, Russia-based TASS reported, citing data from the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation candidate Nikolai Kharitonov secured the second spot with 4.1% of … Read more

Ukraine was ready to sign peace agreement, war would have stopped

In his first-ever interview with a Western journalist after the Russia-Ukraine war started, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that he was ready to negotiate with Ukraine and end the war, adding that the Ukrainian side made a mistake by rejecting his negotiations. “We prepared a huge document in Istanbul that was initiated by the head of the … Read more