Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, emphasizing the two countries’ close ties, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president.

In the airspace of Asia, having a sizable and technologically advanced fighter jet fleet is an incredibly important asset should any regional tensions escalate. These fighter jets are some of the first to the fight,

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Moscow and Beijing's foreign policy ties played a stabilising role in international affairs.

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By Dmitry Antonov and Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday in which he proposed further developing their strategic partnership just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.

Attacks on underwater cables in strategic areas connecting telecommunication lines and power sources in Asia and Europe are suspected to be coordinated attacks by China and Russia.

There are no major changes here. The top three trading partners are still China, India, and Türkiye, followed by our EAEU partners — Belarus and Kazakhstan,” he said. For the first 10 months of 2024,

Russia's overall crude oil exports fell in 2024 despite increased shipments to China as Western sanctions forced a shift in export routes.

The two leaders have developed strong personal ties that helped boost relations between Moscow and Beijing, growing even closer after Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022.

Chinese state-sponsored groups including Mustang Panda and Tonto Team have been targeting Russian aerospace and defense firms looking for intelligence on Moscow's military capabilities, researchers at the Taiwanese cybersecurity firm TeamT5 told POLITICO.

"Tanker rates appear to be coming off from their recent highs following the announcement of sanctions against Russia, suggesting that Russian oil is still flowing through the use of Russia’s shadow tanker fleet, despite a large share of this fleet being sanctioned," said analysts at ING, in a note.

China has become a major customer for Russian oil and gas and a source of key technologies amid sweeping Western sanctions on Moscow. In the call with Xi, Putin emphasized that Russia-China ...