




Although he faced pressure from critics, allied countries and even his own staff to take a tough line, Trump spoke not a single disparaging word in public about Moscow on any of the issues that have brought relations between the two powers to the lowest ebb since the Cold War.
Trump blamed his predecessor Barack Obama for the Russian annexation of Crimea, claiming it was Obama's "fault" because "Putin didn't respect President Obama."
“Investors’ response to the event was pretty rational. The risks which emanated from US airstrike on Syria airbase is somewhat contained.
"Russia's clear stand on the need to combat terrorism mirrors our own," Modi said in a joint address to the media with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The pound sterling fell 3 percent against the dollar on Monday, holding near its lowest levels in about 30 years at around USD 1.32.
Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a whistle-stop, one day tour today during which more than a dozen agreements were signed in a wide array of fields, from energy to defence to diamonds. Zakka Jacob explains why this summit was important to re-affirm India's long-standing partnership with Russia.
Obama was speaking in Estonia, one of three ex-Soviet Baltic states bordering Russia that fear separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine could herald problems for them. All three have sizeable Russian minorities and rely on Russian fuel deliveries
Arnab Das, MD-macro-strategy, Trusted Sources says though the emerging markets (EMs) were largely unaffected by the violence in the Ukrainian region, if tensions in the area continue and flow into other regions, then EM may start seeing some negative impact.
Global markets were rattled on Monday following Russia`s military advance into Ukraine that prompted world leaders to call for sanctions on Moscow, including measures targeting banks and officials.
Manish Singh of Crossbridge Capital Llp says the global markets cutting their losses was expected as even the S&P lost less than a percent on Monday, thereby suggetsing that it was still not in a panic mode.
Vladimir Putin ran to victory yet again in the presidential election in Russia. Richard Sakwa, professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent and the author of several books on the Russian politics and society, spoke to CNBC-TV18 for his perspective on the win, a quick political as well as economic impact analysis.