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Putin in Beijing for Games, Xi talks amid Ukraine tensions

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Beijing for the Winter Olympics and talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, amid soaring tensions with Ukraine

The Independent UK

Xi and Putin show united front amid spiralling tensions with West

Chinese president holds his first face-to-face meeting with a world leader in nearly two years.

Al Jazeera

Putin goes to Beijing, hoping for support on Ukraine crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, hours before the opening of the Olympic Wintergames which are hosted by China. The trip comes amidst tensions between Moscow and the West over Ukraine.

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Xi Jinping to launch Beijing Winter Olympics with Vladimir Putin, Imran Khan

Russian President lauds relations with China ahead of meeting with Xi

The Hindu

A hopeful sign? Despite Russian warning, Ukraine talks go on

When the U.S. and NATO rejected the Kremlin’s security demands over Ukraine last week, fears of an imminent Russian attack against its neighbor soared

The Independent UK

Congressman denounces Tucker Carlson as a ‘pro-Putin shill’ for supposedly backing Russia over US ally Ukraine

Fox opinion host has claimed Russian president is simply shoring up his own borders against Nato

The Independent UK

Russia considered staging a video to justify Ukraine attack, US says

Moscow has considered staging a graphic propaganda video that would purport to show an attack by Ukraine on Russia or Russian-speaking people as a pretense for an invasion, according to a U.S. intelligence assessment.

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Erdogan offers Ukraine-Russia peace summit to defuse crisis

Turkish president reaffirms at a meeting with Zelenskyy his offer to host a peace summit with Putin.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s fears over close ties between Russia and Hungary stretch beyond Putin and Orban

Fears of war – and a cosy relationship between Moscow and Budapest – have moved the spotlight onto a western region of Ukraine that has a large Hungarian population, reports Kim Sengupta in Kiev

The Independent UK

Putin courts China’s Xi for help in showdown with the West

Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping hold their first in-person meeting in more than two years Friday as the two presidents find themselves increasingly aligned against a common adversary.

Tribune News Service

Congress should pass defense budget to deter Putin, senators say - Roll Call

A bipartisan group of senators pressed to pass a defense funding bill and said it would help deter Russian aggression.

Roll Call

‘We will defend our country’: Ukraine’s border guards brace for Russian assault

While some locals at Belarusian border see no cause for concern, troops and tanks are ready to swing into action

The Guardian - UK

France, Germany and Turkey reach out to Putin as troops remain on Ukraine border

Mediation offers come as Russia accuses US of increasing tensions by sending soldiers to Romania and Poland

The Guardian - UK

Factbox-Russia, China may sign energy, other deals amid Moscow tension with West

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets China's leader Xi Jinping this week when he attends the Beijing Winter Olympics and they may seek to deepen trade ties in energy and other areas at a time when Moscow is at loggerheads with the West over Ukraine.

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The Independent UK

Putin condemns ‘fundamentally wrong’ boycott of Beijing Olympics

Vladimir Putin will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, as the Winter Olympics officially start

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Russia calls increased US deployments a ‘destructive step’

The US decision to deploy more than 3,000 US troops in Germany, Poland and Romania will make it harder to reach a compromise over Ukraine, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said

The Guardian - UK

Xi-Putin summit: Russia inches closer to China as ‘new cold war’ looms

Fifty years after Nixon and Mao’s historic handshake, the geopolitical world order is again being reshaped

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know about rising fear of war

The Russia-Ukraine crisis has entered another day that is expected to be packed with diplomatic efforts to prevent the simmering tensions from boiling over into war

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The Independent UK

Putin heads to China to bolster ties amid Ukraine tensions

Russian President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine on a trip intended to strengthen Russia's ties with China

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine crisis: Russia criticises US military moves as ‘destructive step’

Moscow says US deployments in eastern Europe increase tensions, as Nato says Russia has moved 30,000 troops to Belarus

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: US says Russia plotting false flag attack

Ukraine news from February 3: The US claims Moscow is planning to fabricate an attack by Ukrainian forces.

Daily Mirror

Moment RAF Typhoon escorts Russian nuclear bomber away from UK airspace

The RAF escorted two Russian bomber planes from airspace off northern Scotland, with a Kremlin report claiming they were practicing aerial refuelling

The Guardian - AU

Vladimir Putin claims Beijing Olympics diplomatic boycott about ‘ambitions’

The Russian president has stepped up his criticism, accusing western countries of politicising sport and violating the Olympic charter

The Guardian - UK

Erdoğan offers to mediate between Ukraine and Russia

Turkish president faces delicate balancing act in supporting Ukraine while maintaining Moscow relations

France 24

Macron discusses Ukraine peace process with Putin, Zelensky

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday amid frantic diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis over Ukraine. Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed his offer to host a Ukraine-Russia crisis summit during a visit to Kyiv.

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