Putin and Xi to discuss huge gas project at China summit

Talks on Power of Siberia 2 pipeline come just days after Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing

From sanctioned cars to beauty clinics, Russian rubles have flowed into China’s border towns since Ukraine war

Suifenhe, a small city in China’s economically depressed rust belt, is a microcosm of an evolving Chinese-Russian trading relationship Suited and booted in a navy twinset tracksuit and colourful high-top trainers, Wang Runguo is hustling. Darting across the gleaming floors of his cavernous car showroom, the 45-year-old from one of China’s poorest provinces is closing on yet another deal. It is all in a day’s work for the man whose salary has more than doubled in the past year thanks to a well...

By Amy Hawkins in Suifenhe

Putin heads to Beijing days after Trump in test of China's balancing act

Beijing walks into the summit with the stronger hand while Moscow seeks reassurance that China has not drifted toward Washington after Trump's visit.

Kremlin outlines details of upcoming trip by Putin to China and denies any link to Trump's visit

Russian leader Vladimir Putin will arrive in Beijing on the evening of 19 May, where he will be met by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

By VALENTYNA ROMANENKO

How China is becoming the gravitational centre of global diplomacy

When Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing this week, just days after US President Donald Trump departed, following his summit with President Xi Jinping, the choreography will not be merely diplomatic. It will be show of “civilisational theatre”. For years, analysts framed China as a power caught awkwardly between a revanchist Russia and an increasingly hostile United States. That interpretation now looks obsolete. Beijing is no longer balancing between rival poles; it is...

By Adriel Kasonta

How China became the new master of Russia's economy

Hot on the heels of Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Beijing this week for talks with Xi Jinping. DW explores how China's financial lifeline since the Ukraine war has reshaped the Russian economy.

Joe Scarborough scoffs at Trump having ‘dementia’ but says president is growing more erratic

President Donald Trump has become more ‘exaggerated’ in his personal characteristics, Morning Joe host argues, in attack on commander-in-chief for abandoning U.S. allies in Europe

By Joe Sommerlad

Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Beijing for talks with China's Xi Jinping

After Trump, Putin to visit Beijing for talks with Xi

After Trump, Putin to visit Beijing for talks with Xi

Putin Headed to Beijing With Entourage of Ministers and CEOs

The president intends to make a renewed push to convince Chinese leader Xi Jinping to finalize the stalled Power of Siberia 2 pipeline project.

A bankrupt entrepreneur climbed onto the imperial throne at the Hermitage museum and threatened staff with a knife while demanding Putin’s attention

A 45-year-old entrepreneur from the Leningrad region climbed onto the Great Imperial Throne at the Hermitage on May 17, sat down, and read aloud an address to Vladimir Putin. The St. Petersburg-based news outlet Fontanka and other outlets reported on the incident.

China, Russia eye deeper ties ahead of Putin's visit to Beijing - Global Times

China, Russia eye deeper ties ahead of Putin's visit to Beijing  Global Times