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Russia, China plan nuclear power plant on moon


March 6, 2024

MOSCOW: Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon from 2033-35, Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday, something he said could one day allow lunar settlements to be built. Borisov, a former deputy defence minister, said that Russia and China had been jointly working on a lunar programme and …

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Russia, Ukraine trade blame over plane crash at UN


January 27, 2024

UNITED NATIONS: Moscow and Kyiv traded accusations on Thursday at the UN Security Council after the crash of a Russian military plane near the Ukraine border a day earlier. “All of the information that we have today show that we are dealing with a premeditated, thought through crime,” said Russia’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, whose delegation had …

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Russia, Kyrgyzstan to create joint air defence system


October 12, 2023

BISHKEK: Kyrgy­zstan’s parliament on Wednesday ratified an agreement for a common air defence system with Russia, a day before a planned visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Central Asian country. The agreement provides that a land plot of 12 acres at the Kant Russian military base in Kyrgyzstan will be used for the joint programme. “Lawmakers examined and …

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Russia, China seal economic pacts amid Western criticism


May 25, 2023

BEIJING: Russia’s prime minister signed a set of agreements with China on Wednesday during a trip to Beijing, describing bilateral ties at an unprecedented high, despite criticism of their relationship in the West as the war in Ukraine drags on. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the highest-ranking Russian official to visit Beijing since Moscow sent thousands of troops to Ukraine in …

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US and Saudi Arabia clash in public over oil cut, Russia


October 14, 2022

WASHINGTON: The United States and Saudi Arabia traded barbs on Thursday over last week’s OPEC+ oil output cut, with Washington accusing Riyadh of knowingly boosting Russian interests. The Saudi-led OPEC+ cartel — which includes Russia — angered the White House by cutting production by two million barrels a day from November, raising fears that oil prices would soar. Saudi Arabia …

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Russia, West step up energy war


September 4, 2022

KYIV: Stepping up an energy war between Russia and the West, Moscow has announced it will keep its main gas pipeline to Germany shut and G7 countries said they planned a price cap on Russian oil exports. The standoff over Russian gas and oil exports is a fallout from President Vladimir Putin’s six-month invasion of Ukraine, underscoring the deep rift …

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Russia, West step up energy war


September 4, 2022

KYIV: Stepping up an energy war between Russia and the West, Moscow has announced it will keep its main gas pipeline to Germany shut and G7 countries said they planned a price cap on Russian oil exports. The standoff over Russian gas and oil exports is a fallout from President Vladimir Putin’s six-month invasion of Ukraine, underscoring the deep rift …

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Russia, Ukraine seal landmark grain deal in Turkiye


July 23, 2022

ISTANBUL: Kyiv and Moscow on Friday penned a landmark agreement with Turkiye and the United Nations Friday to unblock Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports after a Russian blockade raised fears of a global food crisis. In their first major deal after nearly five months of fighting, Russian and Ukrainian delegations signed individual agreements with Ankara and the UN in the …

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Russia, Turkiye, Iran vow to ‘eliminate terrorists’ in Syria


July 20, 2022

TEHRAN: Russia, Turkiye and Iran on Tuesday vowed to continue their cooperation to “eliminate terrorists” in Syria, in a trilateral statement after their presidents met in Tehran. The three countries “reaffirmed the determination to continue their ongoing cooperation in order to ultimately eliminate terrorist individuals, groups, undertakings and entities,” the statement read. They “expressed their opposition to the illegal seizure …

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Russia, Ukraine put heads together to solve grain crisis


July 14, 2022

ISTANBUL: Russia and Ukraine met UN and Turkish officials on Wednesday in a bid to break a months-long impasse over grain exports that has seen food prices soar and millions face hunger. The high-stakes meeting in Istanbul came with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine showing no signs of abating and the sides locked in a furious long-range shooting battle that is …

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