The Kremlin said that in Tuesday’s video call with Xi, Putin emphasized that their relations are based on shared interests, equality and mutual benefits.

By Dmitry Antonov and Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday in which he proposed further developing their strategic partnership just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.

Dialogue and negotiation is the “only viable way” to end the war in Ukraine, China told newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump on Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Moscow and Beijing's foreign policy ties played a stabilising role in international affairs.

China's largest airline, China Southern Airlines, has suspended flights from Beijing to Moscow at the end of January, a surprise move that comes just ahead of the Chinese New Year. Newsweek reached out to China Southern Airlines and the Russian Foreign Ministry with an emailed request for comment outside of office hours.

The two leaders have developed strong personal ties that helped boost relations between Moscow and Beijing, growing even closer after Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022.

Moscow wants India to join a coalition alongside its old adversaries, plus Iran – but New Delhi doesn’t seem all that keen.

Chinese state-sponsored groups including Mustang Panda and Tonto Team have been targeting Russian aerospace and defense firms looking for intelligence on Moscow's military capabilities, researchers at the Taiwanese cybersecurity firm TeamT5 told POLITICO.

Although Aeroflot has reduced Russia-China capacity by 5% compared with pre-pandemic levels, it is currently offering 16 nonstop routes between the countries, compared with seven in 2019. Recent additions include Krasnoyarsk-Harbin, Khabarovskiy-Sanya and Moscow Sheremetyevo-Sanya.

The U.S. “will have to out-think” Russia and China to prevent them from using nuclear weapons to resolve a future crisis, the outgoing head of the National Nuclear Security Administration said last week.

In December, Russia reportedly sold its stakes in certain Kazakh uranium deposits to Chinese-owned companies. This involved Kazakhstan's nuclear resources company, Kazatomprom, and Russia's Rosatom transferring interests to Chinese entities, National Security News reported.

This was reported by independent Russian outlet The Moscow Times, citing the Russian Association of Tour Operators. “Flight CZ342 was scheduled to operate daily; however, tickets are currently available on the airline's website only until Jan.