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The war in Ukraine has continued since the Russian invasion in February 2022. India, traditionally non-aligned, has maintained relations with Russia while calling for dialogue. The United States has imposed trade sanctions on Russia and frequently changed its tariff policies since 2025.
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American trade policy has changed more than 50 times since January 2025, through threats, reversals and negotiations. A year and a half later, the tariffs have not had the effects promised by the White House on external deficits, prices or relocations.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The United States will continue to adjust its tariff policy in the coming months
Likely · Within months
India will seek to strengthen its diplomatic role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Possible · Within months
Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied any preparation for a major Russian military mobilization in Ukraine during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, while the Ukrainian company Naftogaz is demanding $4.22 billion from Russia for assets seized in Crimea in 2014, leading to the seizure of a Russian cruise ship by Norway in the Arctic.
Vladimir Putin denies preparing a military mobilization in Russia, while Volodymyr Zelensky hopes for a visit by American mediators to kyiv in the coming days. Russia demands the release of a ship seized in the Arctic by Norway, and Germany closes the last Russian consulate on its territory in retaliation for the closure of the Goethe Institutes in Russia. Tensions are also rising in Denmark, where intelligence services are warning of Russian sabotage preparations against the defense industry.

The technician responsible for Donald Trump's teleprompter, Gabriel Perez, was ordered to pay a $172,000 fine after betting on the American president's speeches to which he had access in advance, pocketing more than $100,000 in winnings. Furthermore, a ferry carrying 267 people completely sank off the coast of Cyprus, leaving at least 8 dead and 17 missing, according to images broadcast by Turkish channels.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, saying India will support any peace effort. Furthermore, Donald Trump's trade policy has undergone more than 50 changes since January 2025, without achieving the promised objectives on deficits, prices or industrial relocations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the fall of the Iranian regime was "within reach," asserting that Israel had the ability to eliminate the threat once and for all, amid heightened tensions between the United States, Iran and their regional allies, including American strikes in Iran, Iranian retaliations in Kuwait and the Emirates, and clashes in Yemen.

For the second night in a row, hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed in Russia due to the detection of Ukrainian drones, after ambiguous statements by Volodymyr Zelensky and Andriï Sybiha on the dangerousness of Russian airspace, provoking reactions from Moscow and the ICAO.