China has pushed back after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Chinese support is invaluable to Russia's ability to continue its invasion—in a rare public criticism of the East Asian country.

The U.S. and its allies have tried to cripple Russia’s energy industry, but Moscow has found loopholes time and again.

The Asian nations are the world’s most prolific purchasers of Russian oil — together accounting for a whopping 85% of Moscow’s exports in August, according to the Center for Research

Iran, Russia, and China have formally challenged recent moves by Western powers to reimpose sanctions under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in a joint letter addressed to Rafael Mariano Grossi,

Together with Russia’s third and fourth biggest producers, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz, targeted in the last days of the Biden White House, the US has now blacklisted Russia’s top four oil companies, accounting for about four-fifths of its oil exports.

While the exercise only involved two subs, the warning was clear: America should contemplate the prospect of confronting a China-Russia alliance.

With US President Donald Trump repeatedly expressing his ambition to bring Greenland under US control and Russia and China vying for influence in the Arctic, the world’s largest island has emerged as a key Arctic battleground.

I’m just back from Central Asia where I spent a fortnight travelling through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Trump said he wants China’s help in managing relations with Russia as he began a five-day trip to Asia, his first visit to the region since taking office. The tour comes amid trade tensions, the Ukraine war,