US bid to divide China, Russia ‘doomed to fail’, Beijing says after Rubio ‘peel off’ note

US bid to divide China, Russia ‘doomed to fail’, Beijing says after Rubio ‘peel off’ note

US attempts to sow discord between China and Russia were “doomed to fail”, Beijing said on Thursday, after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to outline Washington’s strategy to dilute ties between the two nuclear-powered neighbours. Speaking to conservative US outlet Breitbart News on Tuesday, Rubio said a Russia that was a “permanent junior…

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Opponents lie low in Russia

One feels “buried alive”, another is careful about what he says in public places — opponents of Russia’s campaign in Ukraine are being dubbed the “new silent ones”, like Soviet-era dissidents. Since the start of the offensive three years ago, Moscow has cracked down on any public dissent of what it calls the “special military…

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