Washington has said the treatment of Glavprodukt, the only U.S. company Moscow has seized, will influence a planned reset of U.S.-Russia relations.

Some U.S. officials talked about an “axis” of authoritarian nations, but the American and Israeli war with Iran has exposed the limits of that idea.

The heads of Russia's Gazprom and China's energy company CNPC discussed future Russian gas supplies to China during talks in Beijing, Gazprom said on Friday, as Moscow seeks stronger ties with the world's biggest energy consumer.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Beijing on Sunday to participate in a meeting of the Council of Organization (SCO), Russian media reported on Sunday. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Saturday that the Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO Member States will be held in Tianjin on July 15.

China and Russia’s growing military-technical cooperation aims to preserve strategic stability, but it could have the opposite effect.

Russia and China would be the first nuclear powers to sign a treaty barring use of the weapons in Southeast Asia.

The co-sponsors of new bipartisan U.S. sanctions package targeting Russia have briefed European allies and Ukraine on the legislation.

WASHINGTON — President Trump will soon travel to China — likely to talk tariffs and other issues, Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed Friday following a meeting with his counterpart from Beijing.

Trump has warned that if any country introduces retaliatory duties, Washington would increase its tariff rates. Tokayev's comments suggest that like other countries, Kazakhstan will seek to get a deal with the U.S. over the line in the next three weeks.