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Putin Proposes One More Year of Nuclear Caps With U.S.

Mr. Putin said Russia didn’t want to provoke a strategic arms race with the United States, but his offer is limited in scope.

© Pool photo by Alexander Kazakov

In this photograph distributed by the Russian state news agency Sputnik, President Vladimir V. Putin chairs a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday.
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Putin and Xi Invoke Wartime Unity as They Hail Ties in Beijing

The Russian and Chinese leaders drew on a shared view of their countries’ roles in World War II to cast their modern-day partnership as a challenge to the West.

© Pool photo by Kevin Frayer

Xi Jinping, China’s leader, meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Beijing on Tuesday.
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