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NEW DELHI: Russia is hopeful that its current chairmanship of international groupings including RIC whose foreign ministers meet on June 23 (virtually) can enable in building trust between Delhi and Beijing amid the ongoing stand-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). “It is hard to stay emotionless when it comes to the rise of tensions between our good friends and partners,” Russian ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev told ET in an exclusive interaction. “We are very hopeful that the situation at the LAC will de-escalate. At the same time, we are also looking forward to further high-level engagements in the framework of BRICS, SCO and RIC, which Russia is currently chairing, in order to expand mutual understanding and trust for the sake of stability and sustainable development, particularly in Eurasia.” “We are confident that the neighbors, guided by Wuhan and Chennai informal summits commitments, would … [Read more...] about Hopeful situation at LAC will de-escalate: Russian Envoy

The loophole is proving to be a boon to Belorussian tour operators in a disastrous year for most of the global holiday industry. Minsk-based Travel House has seen a surge in reservations from Russians for package holidays in Turkey and Egypt since those countries opened their borders on July 1. All of the trips are run through Belavia, Belarus’s state-owned airline. … [Read more...] about Post-pandemic travel: A 14-hour detour is helping Russians escape to the beach

In tweets, Mr Trump said police officers had been “neutralised and scorned” by the city’s Mayor Bill de Blasio, who “hates and disrespects them”. Mr Trump then suggested some officers “maybe” might not let it be “affixed to New York’s greatest street”. … [Read more...] about Trump calls Black Lives Matter a ‘symbol of hate’

Barr has also sought to dismiss the charges against Flynn. And Barr last month fired a Manhattan-based federal prosecutor whose office had charged Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen and was pursuing an investigation that could ensnare Trump's current attorney Rudolph Giuliani. … [Read more...] about ‘A free man’: Trump commutes prison sentence of longtime friend Roger Stone

In an opinion piece published in The Washington Post, Mueller wrote to respond "to specific claims that Roger Stone was a victim of our office," saying that the Trump ally "was prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes. He remains a convicted felon, and rightly so." … [Read more...] about Stone still “a convicted felon” although Trump commuted his prison sentence: former special counsel