The shifting power status of the two leaders will be front and center on Monday, when they are set to meet in Kyrgyzstan.

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut urged the House to approve the Senate-passed Russia sanctions bill amid a "moment of extreme urgency" in the war in Ukraine.

Some of the world's top leaders will attend the two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a regional bloc that seeks to be a counterinfluence to the West.

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The SCO is marking its 25th anniversary and brings together Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, four Central Asian countries and Moscow-allied Belarus.

The spy boss of Estonia, a country that borders Russia and was once occupied by the Soviet Union, warned that strongman Vladimir Putin’s grip on power could be in danger as the Kremlin ramps

After repeated disappointments over US Patriots, Kyiv switches to attacking Russia using European weapons.

The leaders of China, Russia and India are among the heads of state gathering in Kyrgyzstan this week for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a group billed as a counterweight to US global influence.

Russia is grinding deeper into the Donbas, where Ukrainian troops are preparing for a costly fight over the region's last major defensive bastions.