The friendship between Russia and China has become an example of how two nations can develop together and support each other “in almost all areas,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Speaking to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at their first face-to-face meeting since the beginning of the Covid-19 …
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The US delivered two Sikorski UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Zagreb’s Franjo Tudman Airport. The aircraft were donated to Croatia as part of a military assistance program and arrived amid what some have described as an escalating arms race between Serbia and its neighbors. Announcing the delivery on Thursday, US …
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Russia’s Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a second long-term contract on Friday for the supply of 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas from the Russian Far East. The agreement comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin is in China on an official visit. According to …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping have backed a joint call for NATO to halt its plans for further expansion and avoid the continuation of the ‘Cold War’ mentality, amid an escalating row between Moscow and the US-led military bloc in Eastern Europe. Following a meeting …
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Ned Price, a spokesperson for US President Joe Biden’s State Department, threatened Chinese businesses with economic punishment if they decide to work with Russia through any hypothetical US sanctions. During a press conference on Thursday, Price claimed the US has “an array of tools that we can deploy if we …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin heralded a “new era” of strategic partnership with China, in both trade and global relations, in an article for the Chinese state news agency Xinhua published ahead of his visit to Beijing for the XXIV winter Olympics. Russian-Chinese relations of “comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation” have …
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Amid a worsening stand-off between East and West, Russia and China are increasingly contemplating using their own currencies in mutual settlements and finding ways to work together to counter sanctions, Moscow’s envoy in Beijing has disclosed. Speaking as part of an appearance on YouTube channel Soloviev Live on Wednesday, Andrey …
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Prominent Russian figure-skater Evgenia Medvedeva found herself in a comic situation in China when a food delivery robot refused to give her a pre-ordered dinner. Olympic runner-up Medvedeva, who will cover figure-skating events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games for Russia’s Channel One, tested the newly-introduced innovations in China aimed …
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Liberal billionaire George Soros called for the replacement of Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, comparing the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. In a speech delivered at the conservative Hoover Institution, Soros called China the “world’s most powerful authoritarian state” and “the greatest …
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A video has surfaced online showing one of the most advanced US fighter jets, the F-35C Lightning II, crashing into the deck of an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea. The footage, along with a photo showing the wreckage of the aircraft floating in the sea, was confirmed to …
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