Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday awarded a national award to Chen Ping, president of the National Grand Theater in Beijing, for his contribution to promoting Russia-China ties through cultural exchange.
Britain said on Wednesday it will send fighter jets to Romania next year and the United States promised troops, tanks and artillery to Poland in NATO's biggest military build-up on Russia's borders since the Cold War.
European Union leaders condemned Russia on Friday for its bombing of civilians in Syria's besieged city of Aleppo but faced resistance from Italy to impose new sanctions against Moscow over the atrocities.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry played down expectations of a new Syrian ceasefire deal with Russia after talks in Geneva aimed at agreeing on how to separate al Qaeda-linked militants from opposition fighters in the besieged city of Aleppo.
Moscow will make a "symmetrical" response if Washington decides to impose new sanctions on Russia, a senior Russian diplomat said on Monday amid escalating tensions between the two powers over the Syria settlement.
A Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday that Tokyo was not discussing with Moscow the joint administration of disputed islands held by Russia in the hope of unblocking an issue that has bedevilled their relations for 70 years.
The construction of a new civilian airport is expected to start soon along China's border with Russia in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed here Thursday with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault a Paris-sponsored United Nations Security Council (UNSC) draft resolution on Syria.
The U.S. decision to suspend talks with Russia over restoring a ceasefire in Syria will further escalate the situation in the war-torn country and thus prolong the crisis, analysts say.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons-grade plutonium, signaling he is willing to use nuclear disarmament as a new bargaining chip in disputes with the United States over Ukraine and Syria.
The United States was suspending negotiations with Russia on restoring a ceasefire in Syria, the State Department said on Monday.
When summoned earlier Monday by the Russia foreign ministry, the Dutch ambassador in Moscow called on Russia to cooperate to bring the criminals behind the downing of flight MH17 to justice while Moscow continued questioning on the objectivity of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report, said the Dutch Foreign Ministry.
Russia is sending more warplanes to Syria to ramp up its air campaign, a Russian newspaper reported on Friday, as the United States said diplomacy to halt the violence was "on life support" but not dead yet.
The United States on Sunday called Russia's action in Syria "barbarism," not counter-terrorism, while Moscow's United Nations envoy said ending the war"is almost an impossible task now" as Syrian government forces, backed by Moscow, bombed the city of Aleppo.
The United States and Russia should consider pulling out of Syria if they cannot agree to a ceasefire, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday.
Russia's ruling United Russia party won an overwhelming victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections with over 54 percent of the vote, enabling a constitutional majority in the State Duma.
Russia's ruling United Russia party backed by President Vladimir Putin has reportedly won 54.28 percent of votes with 93.1 percent of all votes counted in the Russian parliamentary election.
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