Andrey Korneev

Beijing sets yuan at its weakest level since 2008

Beijing sets yuan at its weakest level since 2008

China’s yuan inched up in early trade today, despite the central bank setting its official midpoint past the key seven to the dollar threshold for the first time since global financial crisis. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) …

 Will Russia keep peace between US and North Korea?

Will Russia keep peace between US and North Korea?

Russia is ready to act as a mediator between the United States and North Korea, but the conflicting sides should give their consent to this, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "Russia is ready if both sides need …

China opposes new US sanctions

China opposes new US sanctions

China opposes the new US law to toughen sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "The Chinese side consistently oppose unilateral sanctions," TASS cited the document as …

China's president to visit Russia

China's president to visit Russia

Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay an official visit to Russia.  According to Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang, the president’s visit to Russia will begin on July 3. …

Astana hosts 17th SCO Summit

Astana hosts 17th SCO Summit

The 17th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) opened in Astana today. It will focus on the SCO development, the fight against terrorism and the situation in the Middle East and Afghanistan, while the central event is the formal …

China is Russia's friend at 77%

China is Russia's friend at 77%

The majority of Russians consider China a strategic partner (50%) and a friendly state (27%), while only 10% of the respondents consider it the economic or political opponent, and 5% - the enemy, a public opinion poll conducted …

SCO: heading for expansion and stability

SCO: heading for expansion and stability

More and more countries are willing to enter the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which indicates the growing authority of the organization, the President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev said at the session of the …

Will Russian oil replace Saudi?

Will Russian oil replace Saudi?

As the result of 2015 Russia was the second country is respect of exportation of oil to China – 42.43 million tons of oil (the annual increase was 28%). The leading positions belonged to Saudi Arabia the last year, which  supplied …

Medvedev arrives in China

Medvedev arrives in China

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev paid an official visit to China. He will stay in the Celestial Empire until December 17. During his visit, Medvedev will attend a meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government …

Will China help Russia to cope with sanctions?

Will China help Russia to cope with sanctions?

More active cooperation between Moscow and Beijing in various areas will provide an opportunity to reduce a negative impact upon the results of economic cooperation between the two countries. This statement was made today by Russian the Deputy …

Russia and China set gas priorities

Russia and China set gas priorities

During the upcoming visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to China on September 2-3d. Representatives of Gazprom are planning to sign with their counterparts from the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) a …