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Will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus like US does in NATO nati
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"The United States has been doing this for decades. They placed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territories of their allied countries, NATO countries, in Europe a long time ago. In six states - these are the Federal Republic of Germany, Turkey, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Greec
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Russia plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus: Putin
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Putin said work would be completed on building storage units for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus on July 1, a move he likened to US nuclear deployments in Europe.
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Turkish President Erdogan holds talks with Russian counterpart Putin, disc
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Erdogan thanked Putin for his "positive stance" regarding the extension of the Black Sea grain initiative.
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US alarmed over possibility of Russia supporting China's nuclear weapons b
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The new area of concern expressed by the Biden administration stems from the nuclear cooperation between Russia and China.
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Xi's Siberia pipeline delay signals limits to his embrace of Putin
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Chinese leader's state visit showed Moscow and Beijing united against the West, but failure to agree on the Siberia Power 2 pipeline suggested that economic ties have limits.
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Xi's Russia visit, bid for leadership of non-Western world: Chinese Media
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Chinese media was awash with coverage of the visit as evidence of China's mettle when it comes to standing up to Washington. Xi on Tuesday continued talks with senior Russian officials and invited his counterpart Vladimir Putin to visit China, even as the Russian leader comes under mounting
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Xi departs Russia but fails to achieve breakthrough in Ukraine conflict
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Both leaders did not discuss a Kyiv-proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. He said that Kyiv's proposal was a matter of Sino-Ukraine relations.
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In Putin and Russia, Jinping sees counterweight to American, NATO influenc
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"I think you've seen over the years that these two countries are growing close together. I wouldn't go so far to call it an alliance. ... (it's) a marriage of convenience, because that's what I think it is. In President Putin and Russia, President Xi sees a counterweight to American influenc
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Russia's Medvedev threatens ICC, asks judges to "watch the skies closely"
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"I'm afraid, gentlemen, everyone is answerable to God and missiles. It's quite possible to imagine how a hypersonic Oniks fired from a Russian warship in the North Sea strikes the court building in the Hague. It can't be shot down, I'm afraid. And the court is just a pathetic international o
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Putin tells Xi they will discuss China's Ukraine peace plan
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday told Chinese President Xi Jinping that he had looked at China's proposals for a resolution of the Ukraine conflict and that he viewed them with respect, reported Reuters.
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China criticizes AUKUS with old canards
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing is lambasting AUKUS for proliferating nuclear technology - in this case nuclear propulsion, which has nothing whatsoever to do with weapons - whereas Chairman Xi Jinping kept silent when President Vladimir Putin threatened nuclear escalation in Ukraine after his failed offensive to s
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Ahead of Xi's visit to Russia, Putin accuses West of fueling Ukraine crisi
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"The crisis in Ukraine, which was provoked and is being diligently fuelled by the West, is the most striking, yet not the only, manifestation of its desire to retain its international dominance and preserve the unipolar world order. It is crystal clear that NATO is striving for a global r
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