ALJAZEERA Russia-Ukraine war live news: Putin discusses Ukraine with India’s Modi Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet on September 16, 2022 [ By Edna Mohamed Published On 20 Mar 2024 20 Mar 2024

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Russia-Ukraine war live news: Putin discusses Ukraine with India’s Modi

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet on September 16, 2022 [File: Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via Reuters]

By Edna Mohamed

Published On 20 Mar 2024

20 Mar 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discuss Ukraine in a phone call, according to the Kremlin.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova says the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC’s) decision to ban Russia’s athletes from the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics in July is unjust and unacceptable.

Zakharova also says a decision by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to cut cooperation with Russian scientists is politicised, discriminatory and unacceptable.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal welcomes an interim EU deal on Ukrainian farm imports as “good news”, saying it would allow his country to support its producers and maintain its export levels