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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping review an honor guard in Beijing in 2018. (Photo by Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia, China Strengthen Economic Cooperation, Advance Effort to Move Away From US Dollar
December 22, 2020 | 5:20pm EST
Russian President Vladimir Putin, on screen, during his annual press conference in Moscow on Thursday. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Putin Denies Poisoning Opposition Activist: Our Agents ‘Would Have Finished the Job’
December 17, 2020 | 3:32pm EST
A nurse prepares to inoculate a volunteer with the Russian coronavirus vaccine known as Sputnik V. (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images)
Putin Orders Mass COVID-19 Vaccinations To Begin in Russia Next Week
December 3, 2020 | 6:51pm EST
Russia accounts for the eighth-largest online population in the world. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian Lawmakers Threaten to Block Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Over ‘Censorship’ Claims
November 22, 2020 | 3:47pm EST
Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Putin Signs Deal to Set Up Naval Base in Sudan – First in Africa Since the Cold War Era
November 16, 2020 | 11:10pm EST
Azerbaijanis celebrate in the streets of Baku on Tuesday, after Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed a ceasefire following a string of Azeri victories in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. (Photo by Tofik Babayev/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia Brokers Peace Deal to Stop Caucacus Conflict; Will Deploy Peacekeepers
November 10, 2020 | 5:37pm EST
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova holds a press briefing in Moscow. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian Officials, Lawmakers: US Election Result Delays Obviously Evidence of an Inferior System
November 5, 2020 | 6:23pm EST
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a previous meeting, in Kyiv last February. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
Turkey’s Erdogan Offers to Arm Ukraine and Back its NATO Aspirations
October 19, 2020 | 10:13pm EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a virtual cabinet meeting on Wednesday. (Photo: The Kremlin)
Putin Announces Approval of Second COVID-19 Vaccine, Despite Incomplete Clinical Trials
October 14, 2020 | 10:15pm EDT
Pro-Azerbaijan Turks display Turkish and Azerbaijan national flags during a solidarity event in Istanbul. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images)
Caucasus Flareup: Russia Leery of Turkish-Backed Syrian Rebels Deploying in its Backyard
October 8, 2020 | 5:41pm EDT