Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Russian leader Vladimir Putin as a “friend” while his government moved to bolster relations with China, another sign the South Asian nation is tilting away from the US in the face of Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response to a media inquiry about the recent developments in the Ukraine crisis and China's position

From US President Donald Trump brokering a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to China making overtures to India ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with President Xi Jinping,

Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin is due to visit China this week as head of a parliamentary delegation, the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing unidentified sources.

Favoring "deals over deterrence" will damage U.S. alliances and embolden Beijing, says Craig Singleton of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been moving to align India with the United States and freeze out China. Now, efforts to rebuild ties between the Asian giants are gaining momentum.

Under the proposed Russian deal, Kyiv would fully withdraw from the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions in return for a Russian pledge to freeze the front lines in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, the sources said.

Putin, 71, and Xi, 70, will participate in a gala celebration marking 75 years since the Soviet Union first recognized the People's Republic of China.

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