Construction of the China- Russia East Route natural gas pipeline started in this eastern Siberia city as visiting Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and Russian President Vladimir Putin witnessed the welding of the first roll of steel pipes Monday evening.
China and Russia are to start construction of a joint natural gas pipeline in Russia's eastern Siberia this weekend, in implementation of a natural gas supply contract signed between the two countries.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Thursday that the European Union will discuss further sanctions against Russia on its special summit in Brussels on Saturday, according to a statement of the German government.
U.S. crude price gained Thursday amid better-than-expected economic growth data from the country.
Heads of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, the three states of the Customs Union (CU), plus Ukraine and representatives from the European Union (EU) met here Tuesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis and economic cooperation.
A multinational anti-terror drill was kicked off by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in north China's Inner Mongolia on Sunday.
Political tension around Russia and Ukraine would not affect the national space programs, a senior space official said Tuesday.
Russia's ban on agricultural products and food imports from the EU and other Western countries will encourage Lithuanian businesses to expand in new foreign markets, economists and officials suggest.
Russia is sending a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine in collaboration with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, President Vladimir Putin told on Monday.
The United States on Thursday accused Russia of firing artillery across the border to attack Ukrainian military positions.
The United States and Europe will slap new sanctions against Russia this week in the wake of its continued assistance to rebels in eastern Ukraine, U.S. media reported Monday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine's conflict zone as well as negotiations between the conflicting parties, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
The United States and Europe will slap new sanctions against Russia this week in the wake of its continued assistance to rebels in eastern Ukraine, U.S. media reported Monday.
There is no evidence found that can indicate Russia's direct involvement in the crash of Malaysia airliner MH17, CNN reported on Tuesday.
Ukrainian rebels cleared the departure on Tuesday of a train loaded with remains of victims in crashed Malaysia Airlines MH 17 while handing over to Malaysian experts black boxes of the flight allegedly shot down in rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
Amid growing calls for a fresh ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, the country's president told U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on Thursday that both Russia and the separatists were rejecting his efforts in this regard.
Former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency Edward Snowden has asked to extend refugee status in Russia, his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said Wednesday.
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