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WHO in contact with Russia on new COVID-19 vaccine: spokesman

The World Health Organization (WHO) is in close contact with Russia regarding a possible pre-qualification of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, a WHO spokesman said on Tuesday. "We are in close co

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Putin congratulates Lukashenko on re-election as Belarusian president

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated Alexander Lukashenko on his re-election as Belarusian president. "I hope that your state activities will contribute to the further developm

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COVID-19 crisis poses "a host of new challenges" to national authorities: UN

The United Nations said on Thursday that the COVID-19 crisis poses "a host of new challenges" to national authorities and collective response efforts are needed. The nexus between terrorism and org

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Putin demands prevention of COVID-19 rebound

MOSCOW, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia should take proactive measures to prevent new surges in COVID-19 cases in autumn and winter, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.It is time for Russia to prepar

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Putin, Erdogan advocate peaceful solutions to Armenia-Azerbaijan tensions

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke in favor of resolving the Armenia-Azerbaijan border tensions through peaceful me

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Putin says Russia keeps modernizing naval hardware

President Vladimir Putin join the naval parade held in St. Petersburg, July 26, 2020. (VCG) The Russian navy's level of military hardware is constantly growing, President Vladimir Putin said Sunday

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Xi, Putin congratulate 8th meeting of China-Russia dialogue mechanism between ruling parties

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday respectively sent congratulatory letters to the eighth meeting of the dialogue mechanism between the ruling parties of Ch

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Foreign leaders send sympathy messages to Xi over floods in southern China

Leaders of countries and international organizations have recently sent messages to Chinese President Xi Jinping to express their sympathy over heavy floods in part of

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Putin approves Russian national development goals through 2030

Russian President Vladimir Putin. /Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Tuesday instructing the government to implement a set of national development goals by 2030.The d

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Ukraine police end stand-off with detaining armed man

00:51 Law enforcement officers detained a man with a firearm and explosives in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk and freed all hostages. The 44-year old suspect, Maksym Kryvosh, originally h

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Russia, hit by coronavirus crisis, considers military spending cuts

Russia is considering cutting spending on the military as low oil prices and the coronavirus crisis have pummelled its economy, a document published by the finance mini

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Moscow's Dream Island amusement park reopens from coronavirus lockdown

00:55 A popular amusement park known as Dream Island reopened its doors in Moscow Saturday for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown was enforced across the country in March.Hu

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Putin, Abbas discuss Middle East settlement over phone

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the Middle East settlement in a phone conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, the Kremlin has sa

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Russia understands China's decision not to join Russia-U.S. arms control talks: diplomat

Moscow understands Beijing's position of not joining Russia-U.S. negotiations on nuclear disarmament, Vladimir Yermakov, director of the Non-Proliferation and Arms Con

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Urgent: Russia firmly backs China's efforts to safeguard national security in Hong Kong: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that his country firmly supports China's efforts to safeguard national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. During a phone conversa

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Xi says China ready to join Russia in supporting each other, rejecting intervention

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday the Chinese side is willing to continue working with the Russian side in firmly supporting each other, and rejecting external sabotage and intervention.

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Xi says China firmly supports Russia's development path

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that China will, as always, firmly support Russia's development path that fits its own national conditions and staunchly support Russia in accelerating its