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Chinese citizens have used fake negative coronavirus tests to leave Russia and fly back to China, according to the South China Morning Post.

"Climate change is here in the boreal and Arctic environments. It's not in some distant future," said researcher Amber Soja.

The monument in the town of Bor, 250 miles east of Moscow was unveiled as Victory Day parades took place across Russia marking the end of World War Two.

Siberia has been experiencing abnormally high temperatures for several months.

The identities of the women who are reportedly the children of the Russian president are akin to a state secret.

President Donald Trump's promise to pull thousands of troops out of Germany and send them to Poland came just four days ahead of President Andrezj Duda's tight reelection.

Russia's vow to support Venezuela in its campaign to counter U.S.-backed regime change comes after the Pentagon sailed warships nearby in the Caribbean.

On June 20, the mercury in the small town of Verkhoyansk, which is located six miles north of the Arctic circle, reached 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to unverified Russian weather data.

The online survey by Moscow's Higher School of Economics also found over a third of people would refuse to take a Russian-developed vaccination.

Russia convened a video call with China and India's top diplomats and will soon bring their militaries together for a joint World War II victory celebration, the latest sign of Moscow's growing diplomatic clout in Asia.

Iran, Iraq, Russia and Syria developed the Quadripartite Information Exchange Center to battle ISIS in 2015 and Tehran argues it's still needed today amid tensions between Baghdad and Washington.

The U.S. has responded angrily to the conviction of Whelan for receiving classified information and his sentence to 16 years' hard labor.

Kremlin spokesman voiced concerns that the unrest in the U.S. makes Washington an unpredictable partner.

"He was one of the worst administrators I've seen pass through here in three and a half years," Peter Navarro said.

A Georgian national was shot dead in the centre of Berlin last August and Germany's prosecutors have pointed the finger at Moscow.

Hillary Clinton spoke of the circumstances surrounding her 2016 election defeat and said some aspects could be at play in 2020.

Speaking about his new book, the former national security adviser said Putin believes he can play the U.S. president "like a fiddle."

Both China and India have signed defense deals with Russia and have purchased the advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile system.

Russian president has been under fire for his coronavirus response, with a spike in cases expected in Moscow.

"The outlook for arms control is bleak," the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report warned.

Ex-Marine Whelan was sentenced to 16 years hard labor on Monday, having been found guilty of spying despite his insistence that he was set up.

Putin said Russia will have deployed both defensive and offensive hypersonic weapons by the time its rivals field their first such arms.

The Russian president touted his government's ability to contain and minimize coronavirus deaths better than the United States, despite his country's reported death toll being widely criticized internationally.

Russia's Baltic Fleet warplanes "carried out training attacks on targets simulating a detachment of enemy ships" in operations that took place "against the backdrop" of NATO's BALTOPS exercises.

Moscow authorities said the number of deaths in May was 58 percent higher than the same month in the three previous years.

The Russian president could stay in power until 2036, but he has been under fire for his coronavirus response.

The Cold War is over. And although Moscow has shown itself to be a prolific agitator, an outdated U.S. military posture in Europe isn't helping.

Persuading Germany to spend more on defense and weaning Europe off dependence on Russian energy are worthy goals, but this removal gets the Trump administration no closer to either of them.

The U.S. is taking flak worldwide for racism in light of the latest black lives matter protests. But some of that criticism is coming from states that oppress minorities.

Russia is sending more advanced troops to the Western Military District, which borders NATO states and Ukraine, as it argues that the United States is stepping up military activities with allies.