Vladimir Putin

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska told the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum on March 3 that Russia could run out of money as early as next year without new foreign investment from "friendly countries" and warned government policies are hurting the financial environment.

German AmbassadorPhillip Ackermann said: "I am pessimistic about Russia's intention to end the conflict. President Putin's recent speech in Moscow was aggressive."

As the Russia-Ukraine war nears its one year anniversary, United States President Joe Biden landed in war-ravaged Kyiv on Monday. US President Joe Biden landed in Kyiv, in a surprise visit to war-ravaged Ukraine. February 24 marks one year of Russian "military engagement" in the east European country.

Marina Yankina is the latest of many Russian top leaders to have plunged to their deaths during the war between Russia and Ukraine. Her death comes days after Major General Vladimir Makarov, a Russian general, who was recently fired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in a suspected suicide.

Police said they have recorded the statements of all of them. Singh said Sergey's postmortem examination would be videographed. The body would be preserved and handed over to Russian authorities, said doctor Prahallad Panda, the medical officer of the port hospital.

Vladimir Bidenov and Pavel Antov were part of a four-member group of Russian tourists, who, along with their guide Jitendra Singh, had checked into the hotel in Rayagada town on Wednesday.

"Our objective is not to spin the flywheel of military conflict but to bring this war to a close. We are and will keep striving toward this. The sooner we can end this, the better," Vladimir Putin told reporters.

On September 16, PM Modi and President Putin held a bilateral meeting in Uzbekistan's Samarkand during which the Prime Minister told him that "today's era is not of war" and nudged the Russian leader to end the conflict.

In 2017, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the 2013 law is discriminatory, promotes homophobia and violates the European Convention on Human Rights.

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly fell down the stairs and soiled himself this week, according to media reports. Putin, 70, fell down five steps at his Moscow official residence before landing on his tailbone.