Новости за 16.05.2024

Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing Thursday for the first visit abroad of his new term as Russia’s president. Sputnik queried respected economic, international affairs and security observers to learn about the processes driving Russia-China cooperation, and why US efforts to hinder both countries’ development has only made them stronger.

As part of the highly anticipated state visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to China, the leaders of the two countries discussed an array of pressing bilateral and global issues, including the unprecedented high level of trade between the nations.

President Vladimir Putin's state visit to China will last two days, with the Russian leader staying in Beijing on May 16 and in Harbin on May 17.

A new system for monitoring unmanned aerial vehicles in airspace used by civil aviation flights has begun testing in Russia at the Putilovo airfield near St. Petersburg.

Interaction between Moscow and the countries of the Islamic world will make an important contribution to the safe development in the multi-polar world order, said Rustam Minnikhanov, head of Russia's Tatarstan republic and chairman of the "Russia - Islamic World" strategic vision forum, during the group’s international conference.

BEIJING (Sputnik) - The Russian-Chinese partnership is constantly improving and diversifying due to the new areas of cooperation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

BEIJING (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping adopted on Thursday a joint statement on deepening the comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation.

Gusty winds caused one fire in northeastern British Columbia to swell in size from 13,000 acres on Monday to nearly 21,000 acres on Tuesday. And at least 4,700 people were placed under evacuation orders due to the fires.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - This night, Russian air defenses shot down Vilkha multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) rockets, a Tochka-U missile and a drone over the Belgorod Region, as well as drones over Crimea, the Bryansk Region, the Kaluga Region and the Tula Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia strongly condemns an assault on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, calling the incident a great tragedy.

Throughout the article, the authors find little room for deep interrogation of the wisdom of the conflict or the US role in perpetuating it.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun his first state visit to China since his inauguration. The Russian leader was invited by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during Putin's previous visit to Beijing in October 2023.

The Philadelphi accord was added to the Israel-Egypt peace treaty in 2005 following the evacuation of Israeli settlements in Gaza. Israel’s recent capture of the Egypt side of the crossing is being seen as a breach of that accord.