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
The Chinese gas market is currently the most promising one, so during the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping special attention will be paid to this issue, as stated by the President’s Assistant Yuri Ushakov. He also said that energy supplies from Russia to China have reached record volumes. According
Sberbank, together with Alipay and Western Union, launched money transfers to China by mobile phone number. To do this, you need to enter the phone number and full name of a recipient in Sberbank Online. The money will be automatically credited to the Alipay wallet in Chinese yuan. According to Kirill Tsarev, the Deputy Chairman
Russian and Chinese sailors practised search and liberation of a captured cargo ship during the ‘Peaceful Sea 2022’ naval exercise in the Arabian Sea, as reported by the Russian Defence Ministry on Tuesday, January 25. During the exercise, Russian ships in cooperation with the Chinese Navy performed tactical manoeuvring and search operations of a captured
The Russian melodrama “Ice-2” (2020) directed by Zhora Kryzhovnikov is released in China today, on January 13, as reported by the press service of Art Pictures Studio. It is specified that the distributor of the project was Beijing HY Media Co., LTD, whose representatives are confident that the Chinese release of the film will help
The past year was quite successful for Russian-Chinese trade relations, which was described in detail by the trade representative of Russia in China Alexey Dakhnovsky in an interview with RIA Novosti. As the trade representative noted, at the moment it is known for sure that, despite the pandemic, the Russian-Chinese trade turnover this year will
The Chinese authorities are ready to work together with Russia to promote universal development and support the statement of Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, about the unacceptability of the West’s desire to occupy a dominant position on the world stage, as stated by the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian. “China intends, together with Russia,
The ‘Gazprom’ Russian multinational energy company set a historic record for daily deliveries of Russian gas to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline On December 23. The company also stressed that gas supplies to consumers in Europe are carried out in full, in accordance with the current contractual obligations. “On December 23, a historic
