New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- In a striking development poised to influence regional and global diplomacy, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a high-stakes telephone conversation with Tajikistan's long-serving President Emomali Rahmon, a call that may recalibrate post-Soviet alignment ahead of the looming Putin-Trump summit in Alaska. According to Kremlin briefings, the dialogue centered on two pivotal topics: Russian-American contacts, notably [.]

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