Bilateral cooperation and exchanges in high technology and related industries have been the focus during the ongoing China-Russia Exposition in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was not aiming for additional sanctions on Russia when he declared on Thursday that Moscow has only "hours" left to persuade insurgents in eastern Ukraine to lay down their arms, the State Department said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation Saturday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the U.S. to cast influence on Ukraine and help halt the violence there.
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government Wednesday to formulate measures that will keep the proposed gas discount to Ukraine for a certain period of time.
Russia is ready for talks with Ukraine only when there are no artillery fires in the country, said Valentina Matviyenko, head of the Russian parliament's upper house Saturday.
Russia has already received around 4, 000 Ukrainian refugees, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.
Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are ready for settlements in ruble in bilateral trade, a Russian minister said Thursday.
Vice President of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party Masahiko Komura on Tuesday met with a close aide to Russian president, seeking balance between the United States and Russia over current Ukraine crisis, local media reported.
Russia is ready to cooperate with everyone who desires a faster solution to Ukraine's crisis, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
After securing the long-awaited gas agreement with Russia, China may have to take on more tasks on the energy front while enjoying the benefits, according to analysts.
China and Russia on Wednesday signed a long-awaited gas deal in Shanghai, ending a decade of natural gas supply talks between the two neighbors.
Russia has agreed to "finalize" a prolonged negotiation on natural gas with China in a meeting between the leaders of the two countries on Tuesday.
Kiev has asked Moscow to compensate it for the damage caused by the loss of offshore energy reserves in Crimea, following the peninsula's incorporation into Russia.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stood by Germany's foreign policy in the wake of the Ukraine crisis and stressed the importance of a peaceful settlement of the conflict, in an interview published on Tuesday.
The United States on Sunday rejected the referendums being held in two regions of eastern Ukraine over their future status, saying it would not recognize the results.
Russia on Thursday vowed to retaliate upon new sanctions from the United States and Canada, but stressed it would not publicize those who were placed on the Russian blacklist.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday notified the Congress of his plan to drop Russia from a program that allows duty-free imports of certain goods, known as the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the White House said.
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