Ice creams made in Russia are gaining popularity in China after Russian President Vladimir Putin brought them as a gift for President Xi Jinping during the G20 summit in Hangzhou earlier this month. Xi, who turned out to be a fan of ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to extend the food embargo imposed by the country on Western food products until the end of December 2017. The ban was first introduced by Russia in the summer of 2014 on a range of ...
Leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine stressed Wednesday the importance of the "full implementation" of the Minsk Protocal in 2016. French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir ...
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Russia and India vowed on Thursday to enhance military, nuclear and anti-terror cooperation in a bid to promote their "privileged strategic partnership." "Large serial production of anti-ship missiles for India has begun," Russian ...
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Experts say the SCO members are very important countries along the route of the Belt and Road Initiative, and the project will help these countries find new growth opportunities. Zhang Jianping, a senior official from the National ...
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Energy ministers from the 12 members of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) agreed at the weekend on the need for "collective action" to address the issues facing the industry -- especially in the area of supply and demand, the GECF ...
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On the evening of May 8, the Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng, who accompanied the President Xi Jinping to Russia, met with the Trade Minister of the Eurasian Economic Union Andrey Slepnev in Moscow, exchanging views on the important ...
During the visit to Russia with Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and on the sidelines of the St.Petersburg International Economic Forum, entrusted by Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, the China International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of ...
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On the morning of July 8, 2015, the forum “China Russia Practical Cooperation Facing the World” of the 6th Russia International Industry Fair INNOPROM was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia. China International Trade Representative ...
Russia has started the process of destroying banned Western food products on the border days before the presidential decree ordering the same comes into force. Signed on 29 July, the decree enters into force today and orders the ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to control the rising prices of vodka to avoid consumption of spurious, cheaper liquor. Reuters quoted Putin as saying: "The overshoot of vodka prices leads only to ...
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The World Diamond Conference that took place last week in New Delhi, India, created a buzz in the industry that, frankly, needed a bit of a pick-up considering the state of the market. It not often that two heads of state attend a diamond ...
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The Grib diamond mine in Russia, owned by the somewhat unlikely candidate of oil supplier Lukoil, is arguably the most prospective of the new generation of diamond mines. Therefore, its launch of commercial mining earlier this year and the ...
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Since the October 2013 Central Conference on periphery diplomacy, Chinese diplomacy regarding neighboring countries has followed the new philosophy of "good neighborliness, sincerity, mutual benefits, and inclusiveness," presenting a ...
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On Wednesday, after wee-hours bargaining that capped more than a decade of negotiations, Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation announced the signing of a 30-year gs-supply contract, estimated by the parties to be worth $400 ...
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