Russia-China trade soars – official 

Trade between the countries has increased by 30% compared to last year, according to Moscow Trade between Russia and China has continued to grow this year, hitting $129 billion in the first nine months, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said on Friday.

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Russia may expand definition of ‘treason’

A new draft bill also suggests criminalizing public appeals that undermine the country’s security Russia’s criminal code could be expanded to include an article that outlaws public calls to actions aimed at undermining the country’s security. On Monday, a parliamentary committee recommended that MPs approve a draft law on the matter.

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The Cossack who took on the Bolsheviks: How a Russian officer inadvertently buried independent Ukraine

The aristocrat Pavel Skoropadsky founded the Cossack Hetmanate and became a hero in Kiev Some of the most extraordinary stories surface during revolutionary times. After the collapse of the Russian Empire, Pavel Skoropadsky – a brilliant general and aide-de-camp of the last Russian emperor – suddenly remembered his roots and founded the Cossack Hetmanate on the…

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