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Putin and Xi pledge a new era and condemn the United States
BEIJING/MOSCOW - China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged a "new era" of partnership between the two most...
May 16, 20244 min read
Putin signs decrees appointing government ministers
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Tuesday appointing all members of the government and planned a late-evening meeting...
May 16, 20241 min read
Putin arrives in China to deepen strategic partnership with Xi
MOSCOW/BEIJING -Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing early on Thursday for talks with Xi Jinping that the Kremlin hopes...
May 16, 20243 min read
Explainer-Why is Russia holding nuclear exercises - and what to watch for?
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to practise the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons after what...
May 15, 20243 min read
Blinken, in Kyiv, says U.S aid arriving at 'challenging' time for Ukraine
KYIV - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a trip to Kyiv on Tuesday that part of a major...
May 14, 20243 min read
Putin taps economist to run defence, replacing Shoigu in unexpected move
MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt to...
May 13, 20243 min read
Factbox-Who is Andrei Belousov, Putin's choice as defence minister?
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former...
May 13, 20242 min read
Factbox-Putin changes his defence minister, moves Patrushev
MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed changing his defence minister and moving him to replace the powerful secretary of...
May 13, 20242 min read
Exclusive-Before arrest in Russia, US soldier's relationship with Russian girlfriend turned bloody, wife says
WASHINGTON - Months before his arrest in Russia, U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black made a surprise video call from his overseas tour in...
May 12, 20243 min read
Seven killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Russian apartment block
MOSCOW -At least seven people were killed and 17 injured when a whole section of a Russian apartment block collapsed after it was struck...
May 12, 20242 min read
Russia's Belgorod governor says Ukraine shelling kills one, wounds 29
The governor of Russia's Belgorod region bordering Ukraine said one woman was killed, 29 people were wounded and several hundred flats...
May 12, 20241 min read
Factbox-Who is in - and who is out - in the Russian government?
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister. What are the other key...
May 11, 20241 min read
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