Nikolai Patrushev

China's top diplomat emphasized Beijing's commitment to strengthening strategic cooperation with Moscow, asserting that the two nations should align themselves with "honesty and justice." Wang Yi made these remarks during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing, as reported by AFP.

China's top diplomat said on Tuesday that Beijing would strengthen strategic cooperation with Moscow and that the two must stand on the side of "fairness and justice" as he met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

Lavrov arrived in China for a two-day official visit on Monday, with the two countries looking to strengthen diplomatic ties as Russia's war in Ukraine grinds on.

A high-ranking Russian official has pointed fingers at Ukraine for orchestrating the deadly attack on the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow, which claimed the lives of 139 individuals last Friday, according to a report by AFP.

Day 667 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

He wanted to see Russia fall apart.
"Dick wanted to see the collapse not only of the Soviet Union, but of Russia itself, so that it would never again be a threat to the rest of the world," CIA Director Robert Gates wrote in his memoirs.

In vain, both Lithuania and the European Union tried to explain to Russia that the blockade, which includes coal, metals, construction materials and advanced technology, is not its independent decision, but the implementation of a joint EU decision on sanctions.

Serbia will continue to pursue close security cooperation with Russia in order to protect Serbia's own national interests, in particular amid increasingly aggressive rhetoric from Kosovo Albanian politicians, Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic told Sputnik Srbija.

Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic was in Moscow on Monday, where he met with Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev.

BELGRADE - President Tomislav Nikolic met with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Patrushev, on Wednesday to discuss the present political and security situation in the region and worldwide and models of military technical cooperation between Serbia and Russia.

Serbian MPs on Thursday asked Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to clarify how many people were arrested in a police and security service action for planning illegal acts in Montenegro, where the authorities claim they prevented a coup on October 16.