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Xi says politicizing pandemic detrimental to international cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that politicizing and assigning labels over the COVID-19 pandemic are detrimental to international cooperation. He made the

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Russian COVID-19 cases exceed 20,000: official

Russia reported another daily record of 2,774 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of infections across the country to 21,102 as of Tuesda

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Russia carries 25.5 mln masks back from China

According to Russian authorities on March 23, a Russian flight carried back 25.5 million protective masks from China.The protective masks would be provided for relative working staff in communities an

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Russia's ruble continues to weaken, stocks plunge to record low in 14 months

The Russian currency depreciated to over 74 rubles per U.S. dollar, the lowest since March 2016, while the Moscow Exchange Stock Index fell below 2,400 points for the first time since January 2019,

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Chinese music instruments displayed in Moscow

Visitors look at a traditional slavic music instrument gusli in the Museum of Gusli and Guqin in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 12, 2020.The Museum of Gusli and Guqin -- traditional Russian and Chinese m

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Female NASA astronaut Koch returns to Earth, makes history

00:56 U.S. astronaut Christina Koch returned to the Earth on Thursday after shattering the spaceflight record for female astronauts. Koch spent 328 days in space along with Luca Parmit

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Putin appoints former gov't officials into presidential administration

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed decrees giving jobs in his administration to members of the former government. Former Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin and former Culture

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Putin introduces draft law on constitutional amendments to State Duma

Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a draft law on amending the constitution for consideration by the State Duma, or the lower house of parliament, the Kremlin said in a statement Monday. Th

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Putin appoints Medvedev as deputy chairman of Russian Security Council

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing former Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, a newly created post in the institution headed by

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Russia's Putin proposes referendum on constitution amendments

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia, January 15, 2020. /Reuters Photo Russian President Vladimir Putin on