Vladimir Putin

Putin’s comments came as he discussed the future of the Russia-India-China (RIC) format, first proposed by Moscow in 1998 to strengthen coordination among the three countries on global issues.

Trump's remark comes days after Xi hosted PM Modi and Putin at the SCO Summit in Tianjin where the three leaders displayed a show of unity, in a clear message to the Unied States amid the tariff war raged by the US President.

Putin’s words also contrast with US President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about India. Trump has repeatedly disparaged the Indian economy as “dead”.

Trump also hinted at fresh sanctions against Russia if it fails to make a Ukraine peace deal, saying that "you'll see things happen" if he is not satisfied with President Vladimir Putin's response.

The exchange happened as the three leaders climbed Tiananmen Gate to watch a parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

The meeting in Beijing marked Kim’s first known foreign trip since the pandemic and his first chance to meet both Putin and Xi together.

Putin said he had always been open to meeting Zelensky but reiterated the Kremlin's oft-repeated stance that such a meeting had to be well prepared in advance and lead to tangible results.

Trump’s tariff crusade and public boasts are alienating the very partner Washington needs most to counterbalance Moscow and Beijing, undoing years of painstaking diplomacy and sending New Delhi visibly closer to the other side.

Trump’s imposition of steep tariffs on Indian imports was intended to punish India for buying Russian oil. Yet the effect has been the opposite. Rather than isolating India, US measures have nudged it closer to Russia, both economically and strategically.

Another widely shared video showed the Pakistani PM struggling to insert the translation earpiece, prompting more ridicule.

Although Trump had set a two-week deadline for progress on a peace agreement, which is set to expire later this week, he did not specify what consequences Russia might face.

The recent gathering at the SCO Summit projected a display of unity at a time when US President Donald Trump’s tariff war is reshaping global economic and geopolitical dynamics.

For Donald Trump and the West, it will be an uncomfortable spectacle. For India, it is a moment that underlines its growing importance in a landscape no longer defined by American dominance.

The head of Russia’s Gazprom PJSC said the gas giant has signed a legally binding agreement to build the long-anticipated Power of Siberia 2 pipeline to China via Mongolia

Beijing is holding a large military parade this week to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Kim and Putin are among 26 heads of state expected to attend.

Modi and Putin met on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), days after the US doubled tariffs on Indian goods to a whopping 50 per cent, including a 25 per cent additional duties for India's purchase of Russian crude oil.

The fall off in drone strikes came after months of escalating aerial attacks and meetings US President Donald Trump hosted with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders that ended without any breakthrough.

The call of humanity is to end the conflict as soon as possible and find ways to bring permanent peace to the region, PM Modi said.

While India, Russia and China projected unity and warmth, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was left grappling for attention and appeared increasingly sidelined on the global stage.

A Modi-Xi-Putin handshake, backed by rhetorical condemnation of unilateral tariffs, will send a message louder than any communique. It will tell the world that Trump’s policies are isolating the US and pushing others into each other’s arms.