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24 Sep, 4:14pm 22

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From buyer to partner – China’s changing weapons ties with Russia

22 Sep, 12:53am 4

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Watch: Putin tests sniper rifle, ‘hits targets 600m away’, of course

20 Sep, 10:34am 8

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Putin absolves Israel, sees downing of Russian plane off Syria as accident

19 Sep, 5:49am

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Obama made staff take lie detector tests, and Trump is paranoid?

16 Sep, 8:33am 5

The Russian Il-20 electronic intelligence plane of the Russian air force which was accidentally downed by Syrian forces. Photo: AP

Russia supplies Syria with new missile defence after friendly fire

Russian officials said Syria’s outdated S-200 systems weren’t sophisticated enough to identify the Russian plane as a friendly one.

24 Sep 2018 - 10:45pm 3 More on Syrian conflict

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Why is Russia wooing South Africa’s white farmers?

24 Sep 2018 - 10:45pm 1

Giving birth in Afghanistan’s Khost Province is a daunting prospect. Most women avoid travelling on roads that are dangerous after dark and some arrive at the hospital minutes before delivery and leave a few hours after

Inside the life-saving MSF ‘baby factory’, a hospital in Afghanistan

23 Sep 2018 - 10:46am

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. Photo: EPA

China and Russia: new BFFs thanks to an insecure US

23 Sep 2018 - 9:02am 16

Supporters of left-wing political parties and movements hold placards depicting Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, President Vladimir Putin and Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina during a rally against the pension reform in Moscow. Photo: Reuters

Thousands take to Russian streets against raising pension ages

23 Sep 2018 - 2:53am

From arms to energy, Russian influence in the region is growing ever greater – and key to Moscow’s route to dominance is its unique relationship with Beijing

Balance Trump, cosy up to China, Koreas: Russia’s play for Asia

24 Sep 2018 - 4:14pm 22

The actions target a key agency in China’s Central Military Commission, as well as the agency’s leader – but a US official said the sanctions were to punish Russia, not harm Beijing

US slaps sanctions on Chinese military unit for buying Russian jets, missiles

21 Sep 2018 - 5:12am 140

Media reports dismissing a Daily Beast report as ‘pure fabrication’ are accurate, says the director of the Wilson Centre’s Kissinger Institute on China and the US

Henry Kissinger ‘didn’t press Trump to work with Russia’ to box in China

21 Sep 2018 - 9:50am 20

Stewards remove member of the Pussy Riot punk group Pyotr Verzilov during the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match between France and Croatia. Photo: AFP

Pussy Riot member poisoning linked to African murder probe

20 Sep 2018 - 9:11pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin aims a Chukavin sniper rifle at a firing range outside Moscow, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Watch: Putin tests sniper rifle, ‘hits targets 600m away’, of course

20 Sep 2018 - 10:34am 8

A pro-Russia separatist stands on part of the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed near Grabovo in the Donetsk region in July 2014. Photo: Reuters

Russia ‘has proof’ missile that shot down MH17 was from Ukraine

18 Sep 2018 - 5:38am 1

Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the UN, speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at UN headquarters in New York City on Monday. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

Russia ‘cheating’ on North Korea sanctions, says US envoy to the UN

18 Sep 2018 - 5:27am 8

Opponents of archaeological digs by the Kremlin-backed Russian Military History Society say they are trying to cover up Stalinist purges in a forest where thousands were executed

Kremlin archaeologists are accused of burying Stalin’s atrocities

13 Sep 2018 - 12:25pm

Pyotr Verzilov, who ran onto the pitch during the World Cup final between France and Croatia. Photo: Reuters

Member of Pussy Riot being treated in hospital, possibly poisoned

13 Sep 2018 - 6:11pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe watch a judo tournament on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Putin proposes Russia and Japan sign historic peace treaty

12 Sep 2018 - 11:05pm 4

‘We know who they are,’ says Russian leader at forum in Vladivostok, adding that the men are civilians

Putin: two Russian suspects in Skripal poisoning are ‘not criminals’

12 Sep 2018 - 9:00pm 2

The US consulate building in Guangzhou in China's Guangdong province. The US evacuated some of its workers out of China after a series of unexplained health incidents that officials believe were a deliberate attack. Photo: AP

Russia is suspected of brain attacks on US diplomats in China: NBC

12 Sep 2018 - 10:31pm 13

A new report from the US Peace Institute highlights President Trump’s approach to foreign affairs, which often seems out of kilter with his own administration’s official National Security Strategy. Photo: AP

‘Fragile states’ at risk of extremism fostered by Russian, Chinese influence, report says

13 Sep 2018 - 4:56pm 10

Mixed martial arts fighter Jeff Monson attends a news conference in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2013. Photo: Interpress via Reuters

US MMA fighter Jeff Monson elected to local council in Russia

11 Sep 2018 - 5:21am

Maria Butina appears in a police booking photograph released by the Alexandria Sheriff's Office in Virginia on August 18. Photo: handout via Reuters

US judge refuses to release accused Russian spy from jail

11 Sep 2018 - 7:00am

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference following their talks in Vladivostok, Russia on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Abe, Putin agree to promote economic programmes on disputed islands

11 Sep 2018 - 2:57am 1

Gennady Gaguliya, the prime minister of Georgia’s separatist republic of Abkhazia died in a car crash. Photo: Handout

Abkhazia prime minister killed in car crash after return from Syria

9 Sep 2018 - 9:30am

Moscow is using its military to tap a wealth of diplomatic and economic opportunities in the Asia-Pacific. Photo: Reuters

Russia promotes itself as alternative power source to China and US in East

6 Sep 2018 - 8:36pm 13

Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov are wanted by British police in connection with the nerve agent attack. Photo: AFP

Britain charges two Russians over Novichok attack on former spy

5 Sep 2018 - 9:59pm 4

Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the Haqqani network. Photo: TNS

Did Taliban time Haqqani’s death report with Pompeo’s Pakistan visit?

5 Sep 2018 - 12:03pm

In this image made from video provided by Nasa, cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev flings a Sirius nano-satellite into orbit from the International Space Station on Wednesday, August 15. Photo: AP

Was it sabotage? Russian chief’s shock suspicion about space station leak

5 Sep 2018 - 8:48pm 2

Participants competing in one of the 40 events at the third World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan. Photo: EPA-EFE

Horseback wrestling, dead goat polo: it’s the World Nomad Games

4 Sep 2018 - 6:00pm 1

Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, in 1998. File photo: AP

Founder of Haqqani network, ex-US ally turned fierce enemy, has died

4 Sep 2018 - 10:37pm 4

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: EPA

Kremlin launches new TV programme showing Putin’s softer side

3 Sep 2018 - 8:42pm