Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia, Konstantin Kosachev, said that the words of NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, that cooperation between Beijing and Moscow in the Arctic challenges the interests of the alliance are a direct threat to Russia. Earlier, NATO Secretary General called the cooperation of Russia and China in the Arctic
On August 3, the Moscow Exchange began trading bonds with settlements in Chinese yuan. The new instruments are aimed at the widest range of investors using the Chinese currency and financial products denominated in it. The first securities available to investors were two issues of 5-year Rusal (Russian aluminum company, one of the world’s largest
Russian companies regularly organize charters to ensure the delivery of much-needed goods, such as raw materials, to China and India, according to the industry insiders of the Global Times. Sources said the move was caused by ongoing disruptions due to Western sanctions. Beijing and New Delhi opposed Western sanctions against Moscow and said they would continue
Russian cars, UAZ and Lada, which, after the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions, stopped receiving an anti-lock braking system (ABS) from the ‘Bosch’ German company, will begin to receive deliveries from China. Due to the acute shortage of automotive components, the production lines at AVTOVAZ went idle from time to time, starting at the beginning
Chinese residents are trying to support Russia in the face of tough Western sanctions and are actively buying Russian products, including ice cream, according to a representative of Dmitrovsky Dairy Plant JSC (Svitlogorye trademark) in China, Olga Gubina. According to Chinese media, after the strengthening of sanctions, sales of the Russian National Pavilion began to
In March, China increased imports of coking coal from Russia by more than twice compared to the same month in 2021. Russia sells fuel at a discount against the background of an embargo by a number of states, as Bloomberg reports. According to Chinese customs data, in March, imports of Russian coking coal, which is
Beijing is going to boost strategic partnership and cooperation with Moscow regardless of changes on the international stage, Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister, Le Yucheng, said at a meeting with Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov. “No matter how the international situation changes, China will remain committed to the policy it adopted earlier, which is aimed
On Tuesday, March 29, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. The communication of the foreign ministers took place in the Chinese city of Tunxi on the sidelines of the third conference of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries. According to the Russian agency, “the conversation took place in a traditionally trusting
The design stage has begun in the works on the Soyuz Vostok gas pipeline, which will allow supplying up to 50 billion cubic metres of gas to China per year. It is noted that Soyuz Vostok will be a continuation of the Russian Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline. So far, the head of Gazprom, Alexey
A joint statement between China and Russia, which has not been very well perceived by the West because everybody was looking to Ukraine, may be the foundation stone of a big alliance of two authoritarian regimes, as the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, said. The recent joint statement, adopted by Russia and
In the first month of 2022, 9,533 new cars of Chinese brands were sold in Russia, which is 107 per cent more than in January 2021, according to experts of the AUTOSTAT analytical agency. The leader among the Chinese cars last month was the Haval brand, whose cars, according to the Association of European Business
Russia and China have built a “new type of relationship” that surpasses the military-political alliances of the Cold War, as stated in a joint statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. In a document published on Friday, February 4, the leaders stressed that democracy is not a “privilege of individual states”
The US State Department’s Spokesperson, Ned Price, threatened Chinese businesses with economic punishment if they decide to work with Russia through any hypothetical sanctions imposed by Joe Biden. He warned that the US has “an array of tools” that can be used again foreign companies “doing their best to backfill US export control actions.” “If
