More than 60% of the country's crude and petroleum products will be shipped to Asia this year, Deputy PM Aleksandr Novak has said

The backdoor entry of Russian oil into Europe via India is a complex issue with both benefits and challenges.

The French President visits China, calls for diplomacy and addresses youth on the importance of technology for a better future.

Asked by White House reporters what his message was to Russia regarding Gershkovich, a US citizen, Biden said: "Let him go."

Despite EU sanctions depriving Russia of its largest market, its diesel shipments are on track to set a record this month.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has been invited to visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

On Monday, Moscow's Ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, called out the United States on its "nuclear hypocrisy."

Russia has asked the British government to use the depleted uranium weapons on British soil since British officials have claimed that these weapons are ordinary.

Deals between Russia and China aim to promote trade and multipolarity

Moscow dismissed the orders as "void." Russia is not a party to the ICC so it was unclear if or how Putin could ever end up in the dock.

According to the Russian ambassador to the US, Moscow would view an American attack on a Russian aircraft in international airspace as a declaration of war.

The battle for Bakhmut has become the focus of Russia's winter campaign to capture Ukraine's eastern region, with both sides describing it as Europe's bloodiest infantry battle since World War Two.