There is a joke in China: if a humanities student learns to pronounce Dostoevsky’s surname by the end of their studies, their efforts weren’t in vain. For the Chinese, it is too complicated and lengthy. However, there are a lot of those who love and appreciate the writer’s novels. They help to see the world differently. See our new video to learn why it is so difficult for the Chinese to understand the actions of the characters of the Russian classics and how they do it.
It’s an episode from the film Universal Dostoevsky. We’re showing it today to mark the Day of the Russian language. You can see the whole documentary here.
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There is a joke in China: if a humanities student learns to pronounce Dostoevsky’s surname by the end of their studies, their efforts weren’t in vain. For the Chinese, it is too complicated and lengthy. However, there are a lot of those who love and appreciate the writer’s novels. They help to see the world differently. See our new video to learn why it is so difficult for the Chinese to understand the actions of the characters of the Russian classics and how they do it.
It’s an episode from the film Universal Dostoevsky. We’re showing it today to mark the Day of the Russian language. You can see the whole documentary here.
#Russia#China
Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary
#China, #Iran and #Russia conducted joint naval drills Tuesday in the Middle East, offering a show of force.
The joint drills, called the Maritime Security Belt 2025, took place in the Gulf of Oman near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all crude oil traded worldwide passes.
The drill marked the fifth year the three countries took part in the drills.
🇷🇺🇨🇳Lavrov Arrives in Beijing for Bilateral Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks with Wang Yi, China's Foreign Minister. Russia's Foreign Ministry said the agenda includes the conflict in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East.
Lavrov and Wang Yi are also expected to discuss bilateral cooperation and coordination in multilateral forums including the United Nations, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the G20, and APEC.
China and Russia declared a partnership with no stated limits in February 2022, days before Russia sent forces into Ukraine. US intelligence agencies have identified China and Russia as Washington's primary competitors across domains including the Arctic, artificial intelligence, space, and nuclear weapons.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳Lavrov Visits China for Two Days
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China on April 14 for a two-day official visit at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to a China's Foreign Ministry announcement on April 13. The visit follows a phone call between Wang and Lavrov on April 5, during which the two discussed the situation in the Middle East.
During that call, Wang stated that China and Russia, as UN Security Council permanent members, should take an objective and balanced approach on major issues and seek broader international support. Wang also said resolving the Strait of Hormuz navigation problem required an immediate ceasefire, and that China was willing to continue coordinating with Russia at the Security Council.
Russia's Foreign Ministry, cited by Sputnik, said the two sides exchanged views on strengthening cooperation across international platforms, particularly the UN. Both foreign ministers expressed satisfaction that their positions aligned on most global agenda items, including the situation involving Iran, and agreed to maintain close coordination through their respective UN missions.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Shoigu says Russia supports China's position on Taiwan
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that Moscow continues to support Beijing over Taiwan.
"We see that China's ill‑wishers continue to destabilize the situation in the Taiwan Strait. For our part, I want to reaffirm our consistent and unwavering support for Beijing on the Taiwan issue," Shoigu said.
China's top diplomat called on both countries to maintain close communication on major issues related to bilateral relations, and increase mutual support for each other's core interests.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia's pipeline deal with China seen taking a decade to boost exports
Russia, which recently announced progress in talks with Beijing about a new pipeline, will need at least a decade to significantly increase natural gas exports to China as a result of that deal, industry sources told Reuters.
The proposed pipeline, which would run through Mongolia, is expected to deliver up to 50 billion cubic meters of gas from the Arctic Yamal region annually.
However, key elements of the deal - including pricing, investment terms, and the timing for the start of deliveries - remain unresolved after years of negotiations.
Two industry sources said that even if the deal was finalized next year, it would take about five years to complete the pipeline and start deliveries and another five to boost supplies.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Putin says China to benefit from market-based gas price via new pipeline
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the planned new Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline would give a competitive advantage to China because the world's biggest energy consumer would get gas at a price lower than Europe's.
Russia and China gave their blessing to the vast pipeline project with a binding memorandum signed during Putin's visit to China, but little is known about the key details of the pipeline and Gazprom said that pricing was yet to be agreed.
The pipeline, which could one day deliver an additional 50 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas per year to China through Mongolia from the Arctic gas fields of Yamal, gives China greater options to hedge against any future reliance on US liquefied natural gas.
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🇨🇳🇷🇺China, Russia should safeguard security, development interests, says Xi
China and Russia should jointly safeguard their security and development interests, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the visiting Russian parliament speaker on Tuesday, in their efforts to build a more "equitable" international order.
The two sides should continue their traditional friendship and deepen strategic mutual trust, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Xi as saying.
Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of Russia's lower house of parliament the State Duma, arrived in China on Monday ahead of Putin's visit to China this weekend, where he will cross paths with tens of Global South world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a security forum.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian and Chinese navies carry out artillery and anti-submarine drills in Sea of Japan
The Russian and Chinese navies are carrying out artillery and anti-submarine drills in the Sea of Japan as part of scheduled joint exercises.
Russian and Chinese vessels were moving in a joint detachment including a large Russian anti-submarine ship and two Chinese destroyers.
Diesel-electric submarines from the two countries were also involved, as well as a Chinese submarine rescue ship. The manoeuvres are part of exercises titled "Maritime Interaction-2025" which are scheduled to end on Tuesday.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia's Lavrov meets with China's President Xi
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the spokeswoman of the Russian foreign ministry said.
Lavrov is visiting China for a foreign ministers meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
"The two sides discussed a number of issues concerning bilateral political contacts ... including preparations for the Russian President's upcoming visit to the People's Republic of China," the Russian ministry said in a statement.
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 China-Russia ties are more mature and stable than any major relationship: Wang
The relationship between Beijing and Moscow shows great stability, maturity and strategic values, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Beijing.
Emphasizing the depth and uniqueness of their bilateral ties, Wang also said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s coming visit to China would be among top priorities between Beijing and Moscow in the coming months.
Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said in an interview in Moscow last month that Putin would spend four days in China from August 31 to September 3, when he would join the SCO summit and hold major bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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