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Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Lavrov's chilling warning to US-led West: 'Beware Russia-India-China troika aligning again!'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said his country is genuinely interested in the revival of activities within the framework of the Russia-India-China (RIC) format. Following the deadly Galwan Valley standoff between the militaries of India and China in 2020, the RIC troika has not been very active. 'I would like to confirm our genuine interest in the earliest resumption of the work within the format of the troika -- Russia, India, China -- which was established many years ago on the initiative of (ex-Russian prime minister) Yevgeny Primakov, and which has organised meetings more than 20 times at the ministerial level since then, not only at the level of foreign policy chiefs but also the heads of other economic, trade and financial agencies of the three countries,' Lavrov was quoted as saying by TASS. The foreign minister was addressing an international social and political conference on forming a single and equitable system of security and cooperation in Eurasia in the city of Perm in the Ural mountains, where Europe borders Asia. Show more Show less
Time of India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Lavrov's cold shot at US-led West: 'Beware Russia-India-China troika aligning again!'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said his country is genuinely interested in the revival of activities within the framework of the Russia-India-China (RIC) format. Following the deadly Galwan Valley standoff between the militaries of India and China in 2020, the RIC troika has not been very active. 'I would like to confirm our genuine interest in the earliest resumption of the work within the format of the troika -- Russia, India, China -- which was established many years ago on the initiative of (ex-Russian prime minister) Yevgeny Primakov, and which has organised meetings more than 20 times at the ministerial level since then, not only at the level of foreign policy chiefs but also the heads of other economic, trade and financial agencies of the three countries,' Lavrov was quoted as saying by TASS. The foreign minister was addressing an international social and political conference on forming a single and equitable system of security and cooperation in Eurasia in the city of Perm in the Ural mountains, where Europe borders Asia. Show more Show less
Times
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
How Finland stayed under Russian control long after the Cold War
At first, the letter reads less like a secret message from a Russian spy chief to a senior Finnish official than the continuation of an affectionate exchange between two old friends. With oily finesse, Yevgeny Primakov, the director of Moscow's SVR foreign intelligence service, flatters the Finn as being 'exceptionally influential' and burbles on about his hopes that the two nations will form a precious 'island of stability' in Europe. Then Primakov's tone takes on a menacing edge. The head of the Finnish security police, he complains, has been very rude about the activities of Russian intelligence. He is misleading the public and damaging bilateral relations. Primakov met President Clinton at the White House in 1997 BARBARA KINNEY/WHITE HOUSE/CONSOLIDATED NEWS PICTURES/GETTY IMAGES It is all dreadfully uncouth and old-fashioned. Perhaps, Primakov suggests, his friend might have a discreet word about it
