Russia's exit from Syria will disrupt supplies to its forces in Africa. But as Moscow's fortunes in the resource-rich Continent wane, Beijing's are rising

Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, emphasizing the two countries’ close ties, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Moscow and Beijing's foreign policy ties played a stabilising role in international affairs.

President Donald Trump claims he was 'very close' to striking a "deal" to reduce nuclear weapons in Russia and the United States during the end of his first term, and planned to "bring China along," but that the 2020 election threw a wrench in his plan.

There are no major changes here. The top three trading partners are still China, India, and Türkiye, followed by our EAEU partners — Belarus and Kazakhstan,” he said. For the first 10 months of 2024,

Chinese state-sponsored groups including Mustang Panda and Tonto Team have been targeting Russian aerospace and defense firms looking for intelligence on Moscow's military capabilities, researchers at the Taiwanese cybersecurity firm TeamT5 told POLITICO.

The two leaders have developed strong personal ties that helped boost relations between Moscow and Beijing, growing even closer after Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022.

Attacks on underwater cables in strategic areas connecting telecommunication lines and power sources in Asia and Europe are suspected to be coordinated attacks by China and Russia.

China is responding to Trump's energy-centric executive actions with a global diplomatic blitz. China courts the Middle East without push back from Washington.

China has become a major customer for Russian oil and gas and a source of key technologies amid sweeping Western sanctions on Moscow. In the call with Xi, Putin emphasized that Russia-China ...

Although the war in Ukraine is raging, many non-European airlines fly over Russian territory every day. On board are hundreds of Austrians traveling