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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) at a reception in Tianjin. Photo: AFP via Sputnik/ Alexei Druzhinin

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Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov. Photo: Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin

China-Russia Relations

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Newly elected Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Yepifaniy Sergiy Dubenko (C) conducts the first liturgy since the creation of a new Ukrainian church independent from Russia in the Saint Michaels Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kiev on December 16, 2018. Photo: AFP/Genya Savilov

Unholy row as Ukrainian church splits from Russian church

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5530296 14.06.2018 June 14, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea Kim Yong-nam, left, during a meeting. Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik

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Russia inserts itself into North Korea game

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Pyongyang on June 1, 2018. Photo: AFP via KCNA and KNS

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In a file photo, Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya. speaks to members of the Security Council on February 24, 2018. On Monday, Russia vetoed a Western-backed resolution targeting Iran. Photo: Reuters / Eduardo Munoz

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Smoke rises from Syria's Afrin region, pictured from near the Turkish town of Hassa, on the Turkish-Syrian border, on January 20, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Osman Orsal

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Afrin marks the point of collapse for American influence in Syria

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, on February 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

US baits Turkey in hopes of ending Ankara’s Russian dalliance

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin walks with his counterparts Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, and Hassan Rouhani of Iran after a joint news conference in Sochi, Russia, on November 22, 2017. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev / Kremlin via Reuters

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How Jerusalem issue plays into Iranian, Turkish (and Russian) hands

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shakes hands with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last April in Moscow. Photo: AFP / Alexander Nemenov

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Russia says N. Korea wants talks with US

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A Russia Today (RT) television broadcast van is pictured in Moscow on November 11, 2017. Photo: AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev

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This is a media war that Russia can only lose

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 3, 2017

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Erdogan, attend a joint news conference following a meeting in Sochi, Russia, on November 22, 2017. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev via Reuters

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Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russia, Turkey, Iran meeting to discuss Syria strategy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre) and his wife Peng Liyuan welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of a banquet dinner during the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province, on September 4, 2017. Photo: AFP / Fred Dufour

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The Russia-China plan for North Korea: stability, connectivity

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Russia President Vladimir Putin watches judo on the margins of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on September 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin

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While Trump tweets, Putin steals a march on North Korea

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US Army self-propelled howitzers take part in a military exercise near the DMZ in Paju, South Korea, on August 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

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Korea, Afghanistan and the Never Ending War trap

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Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria

AT Finance, China, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, World

Putin and Trump stage-manage a win-win meeting

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US President Donald Trump poses with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the White House on May 10th, 2017. Lavrov is the highest-ranking Russian official to visit Washington since Trump came to power in January. Photo: Agence France-Presse / Russian Foreign Ministry

Afghanistan, China, Iran, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Trump ignores status quo apologists to engage Russia

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 11, 2017February 18, 2020

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