The Russian invasion

The Russian invasion|The response of the outside world

Modi-Putin hug teases Ukraine: 'Devastating'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia is a huge disappointment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes.

"It's a devastating blow to peace efforts to see the leader of the world's largest democracy hug the world's most brutal criminal in Moscow on a day like this," writes Zelensky in a post on X after the Russian attacks on Ukraine on Monday.

Modi's two-day visit to Moscow shows that the bond between the countries remains solid, writes Bloomberg. Among other things, India has abstained from voting in the UN on issues related to the war in Ukraine and advocated diplomacy and peace negotiations to resolve the conflict.

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Russia will send Indians home - were tricked to the front

Indians who were tricked into fighting for Russia against Ukraine must be drafted. Russia has promised that during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country, according to the Indian diplomat Vinay Mohan Kwatra, according to Reuters.

Such a promise was one of Modi's main goals for the visit. Poor Indians have been lured by job offers in Russia and then sent to the front in Ukraine, writes Al Jazeera. Urgen Tamang from Kalimpong town is one of them.

- He never wanted to do it. It's not our war. I am worried about whether he will return, says his wife Ambika Tamang to the television channel.

She has not heard from him since he said in a social media video in March that he had been recruited against his will, received weapons training and was due to go to the front in a couple of days. He said:

- I am asking the government to save me. I'm alone.

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The Russian invasion The sanctions
Russian currency trading consists of 99 percent Chinese yuan

Russia's foreign exchange trade now consists of 99.6 percent of Chinese yuan, reports Bloomberg. In May, the figure was 53.6 percent.

The reason for the drastic upswing is that the stock exchange in Moscow was forced to stop trading in euros and dollars in mid-June when new sanctions came into force. That reduced overall trading volumes by a third, according to a report by the Central Bank of Russia.

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Putin's Russia
Russia calls for Yulia Navalnaya for 'extremism'

A Russian court calls for regime critic Yulia Navalnaya. This is stated by the state news agency Ria, according to Reuters.

She is accused of membership in an "extremist group" and requested to be detained in her absence. This means that Navalnaya, who is abroad, can be arrested as soon as she enters Russia.

Her husband, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, died in a Russian prison in Siberia in February.

Julia Navalnaja was appointed chairman of the New York-based human rights organization Human Rights Foundation on July 1, the foundation writes on its website.