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Russia has requested the United Nations Security Council to convene on January 12 in connection with strikes carried out by the United States and the United Kingdom in Yemen

In the Johannesburg summit, Argentina was also invited to join, as Argentina's former government had expressed an interest in making the country a BRICS member. However, Javier Milei, the new President of Argentina, had decided to withdraw the BRICS application. Milei's policies are more USA-centric.

Two children and 18 others died in missile attack by Ukraine in Russia. Belgorod suffered large scale devastation as Ukraine attacked Russia.

Jaishankar is on a five-day Russia visit from December 25 to 29 as a part of the ongoing high-level exchanges between the two sides.

An #AtmanirbharBharat will deepen ties with Russia in a multipolar world," Jaishankar posted on X.

"We have found Alexey," Navalny's spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, said in a statement on X. "He is now in IK-3 in the settlement of Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District."

It reported on Thursday that the law was adopted with 248 votes in favour, 16 votes against, 33 abstentions and 40 members not voting. The new law will come into effect after six months.

The Ukrainian media immediately pointed the suspicions towards Russia, which is in a war against Ukraine since Feb 2022.

Vladimir Putin said, "The policy led by Prime Minister Modi is the main guarantor for the relations between Russia and India consistently developing in all the areas."

Russia's Supreme Court ruled that LGBTQ activists should be designated as extremists in the country.