E-commerce has facilitated cross-border trade between China and Russia, bringing cheaper Russian goods, especially food, to Chinese doorsteps, quicker than ever before.
Russia has rejected demands from Western governments to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in July last year.
Syria's Minister of Information Omran al-Zoubi said Tuesday that the recently waged military offensive by the Syrian and Russian army against the jihadi groups has no specific timeframe or place, an indication that the war on the terror group could drag on indefinitely.
Regime troops backed by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Russian air strikes advanced on Thursday in western Syria in a “vast offensive” against rebels, as NATO voiced alarm at Moscow’s escalating military activity in the country.
The Russian military has used high-precision weaponry in strikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria, the Russian Armed Forces General Staff said Wednesday.
The reluctance of the United States to share intelligence on Syria will not hamper Russia's operations in the war-torn country as Moscow has sufficient information from other sources, a Russian official said Thursday.
Russian nighttime cruise missile strikes targeted and destroyed several positions of the Islamic State (IS) militants in three Syrian provinces, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported Wednesday, citing a military source.
The Pentagon confirmed on Wednesday the U.S. military had to divert at least one U.S. aircraft over Syria to avoid colliding with Russian planes.
Since Moscow launched airstrikes on the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria last Wednesday, Russian military actions have aroused different responses from Western and regional countries.
Thousands of rebels are fleeing their positions toward Turkey and Jordan, as a result of the Russian and Syrian airstrikes, the state-run TV reported Tuesday.
Russian military is willing to expand cooperation with the U.S.-led coalition in Syria, Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Tuesday.
Russian Defense Ministry on Monday blamed bad weather conditions for the brief violation of Turkish airspace by a Russian aircraft near Syrian border.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed on Thursday that Russian airstrikes in Syria were conducted exclusively on targets connected to IS.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel and Russia have agreed on a coordinating mechanism to avert accidental clashes between the Israeli military and Russian forces deployed in neighboring Syria.
The Pentagon said Monday Russia's recent military buildup in Syria indicated that it intended to create a military base in Syria.
Russia is expected to see a positive growth of 2.3 percent in its economy next year, said a leading Russian official Monday.
Moscow on Sunday released its new maritime doctrine, which underscored the country's reaction to the expansion of the NATO towards Russia's western frontier.
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