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President of Russia Vladimir Putin arrives in Mongolia to discuss a China–Russia gas pipeline meant to recoup Russian losses from Western sanctions, despite Ukraine and the European Union urging Mongolia to arrest Putin under his International Criminal Court warrant.
2024-09-2

All 32 NATO member states approve an official statement classifying China as a "decisive enabler" of Russia's invasion of Ukraine due to its "no-limits" economic and political partnership with Russia.
2024-07-10

Poland's Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak announces the construction of a barrier along the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, as Poland believes that Russia will use the border to illegally transport African and Asian immigrants to Europe.
2022-11-2

Pakistan, Iran, China, and Russia agree on joint efforts against the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, in an effort to ensure peace and eliminate terrorism from the region.
2018-07-13

North Korea stated that it would dismantle the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site between May 23–25 ahead of the Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un summit meeting. Furthermore, North Korea invited journalists from the United States, South Korea, China, Russia, and the United Kingdom to cover the process.
2018-05-12

Poland's ruling Law and Justice unveils a new monument on the eighth anniversary of the disaster, which killed 96 including then-President Lech Kaczyński near Smolensk, Russia. Initial investigations primarily blamed errors on the flight crew but Poland is conducting a new investigation with a new report expected to claim Russian air traffic controllers purposely misled the jet about its location before it was destroyed in an explosion.
2018-04-10

Russia vetoes a French-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that calls for a ceasefire in Aleppo. China, which had backed Russia's four previous Syria-related vetoes, abstains.
2016-10-8

The Chinese icebreaker "Xuě Lóng", or "Snow Dragon", was only six nautical miles away from the Russian-flagged vessel "Akademik Shokalskiy" when it too became obstructed by heavy ice in Antarctica.
2013-12-28

Iran and world powers, including the United States, Russia, and China, begin talks about Iran's nuclear program.
2012-04-14

Poland and the United States sign a deal in Kraków allowing the United States to position an American anti-missile shield in Poland to defend Europe from the perceived threat of Iran and other countries: Russia objects.
2010-07-3