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Festival Time

Moscow's Magical Chinese Lantern Festival, in Photos

Ancient Chinese traditions meet modern technology in each display.

LOOKING EAST

Russia Launches Gas Exports to China

Gazprom’s Power of Siberia pipeline comes online, carrying Russian gas to China for the first-ever time.

Eastern connections

5 Facts About Russia’s First Highway Bridge to China

The $295 million bridge across the Amur River has been 24 years in the making.

Concentration Camps

Uighur Twins’ Asylum Plea Rejected as Deportation to China Looms

The brothers fear they will be placed in a concentration camp for Muslim minorities.

nuclear waters

Russian Watchdog Detects ‘Radiation Incident’ in South China Sea

A Rospotrebnadzor statement said radiation levels are not high enough to threaten the Russian population.

opinion

How Cozy Is Russia and China’s Military Relationship?

Russia and China’s strategic military cooperation is becoming ever closer.

SANCTIONS PROOFING

Russia Says BRICS Nations Favor Idea of Common Payment System

Russia, China, India, Brazil and South Africa to set up a new international bank-to-bank payments system.

opinion

Sergei Markedonov

China Makes Inroads Into Russia's Backyard

The increased scale of Chinese cooperation with the South Caucasus is turning Beijing into one of the forces of influence in the region.

news

Is China Exporting African Swine Fever to Russia?

While the swine contagion has been present in Russia for 12 years, it’s only been spreading in the country’s Far East for the past few months.

opinion

Russia Can’t Compete With China in Africa. Not Yet.

As China asserts itself in the role of the major power in Africa, Moscow’s influence could become a source of irritation.

Analysis

Russia and China Take Military Partnership to New Level

For a long time, both countries rejected the very idea of alliances as only increasing tensions in various parts of the world.

RE-EDUCATION CAMPS

‘If They Send Us Back to China We Will Die’: Uighur Brothers Fight Deportation From Russia

Twins seeking refugee status are desperate to avoid the fate of a friend, who tells of his time in a re-education camp in China for the first time.

internet freedom

Russia and China to Sign Agreement on Combating Illegal Online Content

Critics have accused Russia's authorities of trying to implement Chinese-style curbs on the internet.

defense capabilities

Kremlin Hails Special Relationship With China Amid Missile System Cooperation

Russia was helping China build a missile attack warning system, something only Russia and the United States possess at the moment.

Good will

Russians Most Likely to View China Positively Among Major Countries – Pew

Russia's close allyship with China contrasts with declining global attitudes toward Beijing.

opinion

Alexander Gabuev

How China Became Russia’s Most Important Partner

China’s image in Russia has drastically changed since the founding of the People’s Republic of China seventy years ago.

Asian market

Putin Seeks to Increase Arctic Gas Deliveries to China

The president has requested that state natural gas company Gazprom find the necessary resources in the Yamal gas fields.

LNG

Powered by LNG, Russian Tanker Sails Arctic Route to China

Russian maritime shipping company Sovcomflot says this the first shipment of its kind.

opinion

Russia and China's Cosplay Alliance

How long will this awkward friendship last?

international peace

Russia, China Call for UN Security Council Meeting On U.S. Missile Developments

The Pentagon said it had tested a conventionally configured cruise missile that hit its target after more than 500 kilometers of flight.

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