Why there are no friends in the spy game
In the world’s second oldest profession, everyone is a legitimate target. But this time the spooks may have made one mistake too many
Maritime Territory hopes to attract more effective investments from China - governor
Russia’s Maritime Territory hopes to raise quality of investments attracted from China, Deputy Governor Sergei Sidorenko said on Sunday
China, US circle wagons for new type of relationship
We are in for an absorbing poker game since Edward Snowden’s extradition is bound to be a long haul, which some reports say could be stretched over years of legal wrangling
RF-China antiterrorist exercise to be held in Chelyabinsk region
An antiterrorist exercise with the participation of servicemen of Russia and the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLAC) will be held at the Chebarkulsky range in the Chelyabinsk Region in early August, chief of the command post of the PLAC Air Forc
South Russian region to stop hiring Chinese labor
Russia’s southern Krasnodar region plans to cancel quotas for hiring Chinese laborers in 2014 after numerous breaches of the law by Chinese migrant workers, the regional government said on Wednesday after a meeting of the regional security council
Russia, China should think of national identity - scientists
In the era of globalization, the task of defining national identity has become more important for Russia and China than some 30 years ago, scientists said at a roundtable held by the Valdai International Discussion Club on Saturday
Dragon fire in Himalayas flusters India
Indian analysts are in two minds whether the tensions were precipitated at a local level on the Chinese side or were part of a deliberate move calibrated from Beijing with a political or diplomatic objective
Red Line: China's global policy, Britain in EU & Thein Sein
Stronger cooperation with China - Russia’s foreign policy priority - speaker
The strengthening of comprehensive cooperation with China is Russia’s foreign policy priority, State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin said at the meeting with the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Zhang Dejiang, on Mo
After Russia and US, China jumps on Arctic gold bandwagon
Experts ponder over what exactly the Middle Kingdom's intentions are in the Arctic
Duma speaker starts visit to China
The Russian delegation headed by Sergei Naryshkin is planned to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Head of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) Zhang Dejiang
The IAAF World Challenge Athletics in Beijing
Clash of titans in the Asia Pacific
Increased economic, political and, potentially, military competition in the Asia Pacific is becoming a core of global politics. Russia can play a critical role in the world political architecture if it successfully defines its policy in the region
China passes to Russia H7N9 virus strain
China has passed to Russia the H7N9 virus strain, head of the Russian Federal Consumer Rights Protection and Human Health Control Service (Rospotrebnadzor) Gennady Onishchenko said at a press conference at Itar-Tass on Wednesday
Russian Patriarch holds landmark service in China
The leader of Russia’s Orthodox Church conducted a landmark service in the Chinese city of Harbin on Tuesday, the first in several decades
Patriarch Kirill I visits historical site of first Russian church in Beijing
Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill I who is making a visit to China on Sunday examine a Cross of white marble installed on the territory of the Russian Embassy in memory of the first Russians who came to live in Beijing
Bird flu outbreak affects tourism to China
The number of Russian tourists travelling to China has reduced amid the H7N9 bird flu outbreak, the country`s chief sanitary inspector Gennady Onishchenko said
Patriarch Kirill compares Great Wall of China with development of Siberia
The construction of the Great Wall of China and the development of Siberia testify to the strong will of the two great nations, which should act together for a better future of the world, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said
Patriarch lauds ‘special relationship’ in China visit
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, has met with the Chinese President on the first day of his five-day visit to China
Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry sends humanitarian aid to China
Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry (EMERCOM) has sent to quake-stricken China two planes with humanitarian aid, the ministry spokesperson Irina Rossius told Itar-Tass