Russia's relations with China are becoming a key factor in the development of international affairs, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday, the second day of his official visit to Beijing.
// May. 24, 2008 - 05:23 GMT
The death toll from the May 12 earthquake in China's Sichuan province has risen to more than 60,000 and may hit 80,000 as most of the missing are presumed dead, the country's premier said on Saturday.
// May. 24, 2008 - 06:02 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev began the second day of his visit to China by laying a wreath at a monument on Tiananmen Square, and later met with the chairman of the National People's Congress.
// May. 24, 2008 - 06:41 GMT
Russian nuclear power agency Rosatom dismissed on Saturday rumors circulating in the country's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad of a radioactive leak from a plant in neighboring Lithuania.
// May. 24, 2008 - 07:05 GMT
Russia will send nine military planes to China on Saturday carrying equipment for the ongoing relief operation following the May 12 earthquake that has left over 60,000 dead, a defense official said.
// May. 24, 2008 - 07:24 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told a group of Chinese students in Beijing on Saturday that the two countries' universities are the key to creating innovative economies.
// May. 24, 2008 - 08:37 GMT