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10-08-2025
- Politics
- First Post
‘Donald Trump is a clown, but…': Chess legend Garry Kasparov warns PM Narendra Modi about friendship with Vladimir Putin
Garry Kasparov, the renowned Russian chess legend, has cautioned the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the man he deems his 'friend', the Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kasparov, who is a longtime vocal critic of Putin and now lives in USA has warned Modi that the Russian president is untrustworthy and 'would sell" him out 'and the entire Indian nation at any time to prolong his dictatorship'. The warning from Garry Kasparov followed PM Narendra Modi's tweet about his conversation with Vladimir Putin, which focused on strengthening India-Russia ties. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'Had a very good and detailed conversation with my friend President Putin. I thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. We also reviewed the progress in our bilateral agenda, and reaffirmed our commitment to further deepen the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. I look forward to hosting President Putin in India later this year.' Modi posted on X. Had a very good and detailed conversation with my friend President Putin. I thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. We also reviewed the progress in our bilateral agenda, and reaffirmed our commitment to further deepen the India-Russia Special and Privileged… — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 8, 2025 PM Modi's post has come after the American President Donald Trump slapped excessive tariffs of 50 per cent on India. Trump slapped the tariffs because India are a regular purchaser of Russian oil. India had termed this action 'unfair, unjustified, and unreasonable.' Kasparov's stark warning to PM Modi While India and Russia have long-standing strong diplomatic ties, chess legend Garry Kasparov believes Putin isn't an ideal friend, even ranking him lower than Donald Trump in terms of reliability, saying 'Your friend Vladimir Putin? The genocidal war criminal? Your friend who would sell out you and the Indian nation at any time to prolong his dictatorship by one more hour? With friends like that, who needs democracy? Trump is a clown, but stand for something better.' Your friend Vladimir Putin? The genocidal war criminal? Your friend who would sell out you and the entire Indian nation at any time to prolong his dictatorship by one more hour? With friends like that, who needs democracy? Trump is a clown, but stand for something better. — Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) August 8, 2025 STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Amid strained relations with the US due to President Donald Trump's decision to double tariffs on India for buying Russian oil, Prime Minister Modi and President Putin spoke over the phone on Friday. They discussed the latest updates on the Ukraine situation and promised to further strengthen the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. PM Modi has conveyed that he is looking forward to hosting Putin later this year. India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who visited Moscow this week and met the Russian president, has stated that Putin would visit India.
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First Post
08-08-2025
- Business
- First Post
PM Modi holds 'good' conversation with 'friend' Putin, reaffirms strategic partnership
PM Modi had a detailed conversation with President Putin, discussing Ukraine and bilateral progress. PM Modi said he is looking forward to hosting Putin in India later this year read more Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a welcoming ceremony for participants of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, on October 22, 2024. Reuters File A day after Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said that Vladimir Putin will visit India later this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a 'very good and detailed' conversation with the Russian President. Taking to X, PM Modi said, 'Had a very good and detailed conversation with my friend President Putin. I thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine.' Had a very good and detailed conversation with my friend President Putin. I thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. We also reviewed the progress in our bilateral agenda, and reaffirmed our commitment to further deepen the India-Russia Special and Privileged… — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 8, 2025 STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD PM Modi said that the two leaders also reviewed the progress in the bilateral agenda, and reaffirmed their commitment to further deepening the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. 'I look forward to hosting President Putin in India later this year,' added PM Modi. On Thursday, NSA Doval, who is in Moscow, had confirmed Putin's visit to India, saying that the dates for the trip were 'almost finalised'. 'We have got a special, long relationship, and we value this relationship. We have had high-level engagement, and these high-level engagements have contributed very substantially. We are very excited and delighted to learn about the visit of President Putin to India. I think the dates are almost finalised now,' the NSA said. The visit's announcement comes at a time of escalating tensions between New Delhi and Washington over India's trade ties with Russia. US President Donald Trump has accused India of supporting Moscow's war in Ukraine by continuing to buy Russian energy, leading to a breakdown in trade negotiations between the two countries. On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff on imports from India, citing New Delhi's ongoing purchases of Russian oil. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD He also warned that buyers of Russian oil could face secondary sanctions unless Moscow agrees to halt the war — now in its fourth year — by Friday. With inputs from agencies
The Hindu
08-08-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
PM Modi speaks to Putin days after Trump's ‘oil tariffs'; leaders reaffirm to deepen India-Russia ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (August 8, 2025) that he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone and thanked him for sharing the 'latest developments' on Ukraine. In a post on X, Mr. Modi said both leaders also reviewed the progress in the bilateral agenda and reaffirmed their 'commitment to deepen the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership'. Mr. Modi also invited the Russian President to visit India later this year for an annual bilateral summit. Had a very good and detailed conversation with my friend President Putin. I thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. We also reviewed the progress in our bilateral agenda, and reaffirmed our commitment to further deepen the India-Russia Special and Privileged… — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 8, 2025 National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval also met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kremlin yesterday. Mr. Doval, speaking to Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, on Thursday confirmed that plans for President Putin's India visit are 'almost finalised'. India and Russia have been in discussions for Mr. Putin's visit to India since the beginning of the year. Mr. Putin last visited India on December 6, 2021, when India hosted the annual summit meeting at Hyderabad House. The talks between both the leaders come two days after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed additional tariffs on India, citing continued purchase of Russian oil by Indian entities. The Minister of External Affairs reacted to the additional tariffs by Mr. Trump and called them 'extremely unfortunate'. In response to the additional tariffs on India, Kremlin also accused the U.S. of exerting illegal trade pressure on India. 'We hear many statements that are in fact threats, attempts to force countries to cut trade relations with Russia. We do not consider such statements to be legal,' Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. 'We believe that sovereign countries should have and do have the right to choose their own trading partners, partners for trade and economic cooperation, and to choose for themselves the forms of trade and economic cooperation that are in the interests of a particular country,' he said.
Deccan Herald
08-08-2025
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
PM Modi speaks to Russian President Putin, discusses Ukraine
Had a very good and detailed conversation with my friend President Putin. I thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. We also reviewed the progress in our bilateral agenda, and reaffirmed our commitment to further deepen the India-Russia Special and Privileged…
