Russia and China have proposed an alternative and well-balanced draft UN Security Council resolution on the situation around Iran, including in the Strait of Hormuz, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.
China has notified Russia about its readiness to extend the visa-free regime for Russians by a year, until September 2027, the newspaper Izvestiya reported on Monday, citing a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry.
China is willing to continue to cooperate with Russia at the U.N. Security Council and make efforts to cool down the Middle East situation, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone call on Sunday.
An indefinite visa-free regime would benefit both the Russian and Chinese peoples and open up broad opportunities for both sides, according to Chinese Ambassador Hanhui.
China ranked first in the number of tourists visiting Russia last year. Overall, inbound tourism increased by 15%.
China's Foreign Ministry urged the United States to resume cooperation with Russia to ensure strategic stability.
At a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi, the permanent representatives of Russia, China and Iran emphasized the importance of a political and diplomatic settlement of the issues around Tehran’s nuclear dossier, Russian envoy to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said.
Preparations for Russian President Vladimir Putin's upcoming visit to China have not yet commenced, and the specific dates remain undecided, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
It is necessary for BRICS to acquire a strategic maritime dimension, and in this context, joint naval exercises of member countries are already underway, Russian presidential aide and chairman of the Russian Maritime Board Nikolay Patrushev said.
Beijing calls on Washington to listen to the international community and to return to talks with Moscow on arms control, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian said.
Beijing cannot join nuclear disarmament talks at this stage due to the gap in nuclear capabilities with the U.S., Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held substantive talks, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said.
Russia, Iran and China will conduct their annual "Maritime Security Belt" joint naval exercises in the Indian Ocean in late February, the Tasnim news agency reports.
Russian-Chinese relations have been brought to an "unprecedented" level, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference reviewing the results of Russian diplomacy in 2025.
Gazprom for the first time supplied more gas to China than to Europe as of 2025 year-end and delivered 38.8 bln cubic meters of gas to China, the Russian gas holding said.
Turkish suppliers maintained primary position in Russia's tangerine import market through late 2025, accounting for nearly half of all shipments.
Russia ranked second among China’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers in November after more than doubling exports, Bloomberg reported.
Trade turnover between China and Russia fell by 8.7% in January-November 2025 year-on-year to $203.67 bln, according to figures provided by the General Administration of Customs of China.
China has confirmed it held joint military exercises with Russia, which took place on Russian territory this week.
VTB Bank has forecast a significant rise in Russian gas supplies to China by 2030, with total pipeline exports projected to reach 56 billion cubic meters annually.
