By David Pierson and Paul Sonne David Pierson reported from Hong Kong and Paul Sonne from Berlin ... through thick and thin together” after a video call with President Vladimir V. Putin on Monday, part of a pointed mutual affirmation of allegiance ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, in their first phone call since US ...

Beijing said Tuesday its defence spending was "entirely necessary" after Russian President Vladimir Putin backed a suggestion that the US, Russia and China all half their defence budgets.