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'No one can win nuclear war'

Reuters
Posted at Jan 03 11:02 PM

The statement comes amid increased geopolitical tensions between Moscow and Western nations over concerns about Russia's military build-up near neighboring Ukraine. Read more »

Ukraine trains civilians to defend vs Russian invasion

Dmytro Gorshkov, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 28 08:52 PM

In a forested area just outside Ukraine's capital Kiev, mock Russian troops ambush camouflage-clad army reservists. Read more »

Russia completes 10,000-troop drills near Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 25 09:24 PM

Russia announced Saturday that more than 10,000 troops had finished month-long drills near Ukraine, amid Western accusations that Moscow was plotting an invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbor. Read more »

Xi Jinping pledges Chinese support for Russia

Amber Wang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 16 12:37 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to support Russian efforts to protect its long-term security amid rising international pressure over Moscow’s attitude to Ukraine. Read more »

Xi, Putin to unite after countries left out of Biden's democracy summit

Kinling Lo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 14 01:46 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a virtual meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, as both countries face mounting diplomatic pressure from the West. Read more »

Taxi for Vladimir: Putin says he drove cab after Soviet fall

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 13 09:08 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the collapse of the Soviet Union spelled the end of historical Russia, revealing he drove a taxi to make ends meet following the USSR's fall. Read more »

Biden-Putin talks set for Tuesday amid Ukraine tension

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 05 02:10 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden will hold talks on Tuesday, as tensions rise over Ukraine. Read more »

Putin fires prison chief after torture, rape videos

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 07:37 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin fired the head of the country's prison service on Thursday, the Kremlin said in a statement, after harrowing videos of torture and rape inside a jail were leaked. Read more »

Putin says Nobel no 'shield' for newspaper editor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 12:13 AM

Muratov, chief editor of Russia's top independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, last week won the prestigious award along with Maria Ressa. Read more »

Russia to test COVID-19 vaccine in form of nasal spray

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 13 08:09 AM

Putin said on Tuesday Russia needed to speed up its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 as the country recorded its highest single-day death toll. Read more »

Coughing Putin says he's fine, tests for COVID daily

Reuters
Posted at Oct 12 08:55 AM

Putin blamed the cough on the cool air temperature and took the opportunity to urge his colleagues to get fully vaccinated. Read more »

World leaders scramble to limit 'Pandora Papers' damage

Thomas Urbain, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 04 08:51 PM

Some 35 current and former leaders are featured in roughly 11.9 million documents leaked from financial services companies. Read more »

Document dump allegedly links world leaders to secret wealth

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 04 10:48 AM

A massive leak of financial documents was published by several major news organizations on Sunday that allegedly tie world leaders to secret stores of wealth. Read more »

Putin says dozens in his circle have COVID-19

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 04:31 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that dozens of people in his entourage tested positive for the coronavirus before he went into self-isolation earlier this week. Read more »

Putin gives cash to cops, soldiers ahead of polls

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 31 08:27 PM

The payments come as Russian authorities have struggled to curb soaring inflation. Read more »

Putin urged to call off 'foreign agent' media crackdown

Reuters
Posted at Aug 28 03:12 AM

The appeals were addressed to senior Russian officials and published by outlets Read more »

No survivors of Turkey plane crash as floods kill 55

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 15 09:02 AM

Turkey battled two disasters on Saturday with 8 people dying when a fire-fighting aircraft crashed and rescuers racing to find flash flood survivors. Read more »

Russia test fires Zircon hypersonic cruise missile

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 19 04:06 PM

Russia said Monday it had carried out another successful test of its Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, a new addition to an arsenal of weapons called "invincible" by President Vladimir Putin. Read more »

US, Japan, China leaders to attend virtual APEC summit

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 15 06:36 PM

SYDNEY — US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend an informal meeting of APEC leaders held virtually on Friday, their respective governments confirmed Thursday. Read more »

Xi and Putin show united front in message to Biden

Shi Jiangtao, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 30 02:33 PM

Beijing and Moscow have stepped up their rhetoric against Washington and its allies, vowing to strengthen their quasi-alliance and promote a “more just and democratic international order” to counterbalance the United States and its ideologically driven offensive.   Read more »