The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

US says it has reached agreement with Israeli government on provision of humanitarian relief for people in Gaza. Plus, how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans

Putin is the chief guest of the Belt and Road Iniative forum in China

Russia and China have forged an informal alliance against the United States and other democratic nations that is now complicated by the Israel-Hamas war.

As western governments’ focus turns to the situation in the Middle East, Putin’s army has begun a large scale attack on Avdiivka

The West is critical of China’s willingness to ally itself with Russia amid the war in Ukraine

Ukrainian military used US-supplied longer-range army tactical missile systems to strike nine Russian helicopters in eastern Ukraine

China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s signature policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, which over the past 10 years has built infrastructure across continents, burdening some smaller countries with debt

The Novaya Gazeta journalist offers brilliant, immersive bulletins from her homeland but doesn’t explain its return to totalitarian rule

Ties between Russia and China have deepened in recent years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad through its decade-old “Belt and Road” initiative

Putin is attending China’s Belt and Road summit for a third time but the meeting could be overshadowed by wars.