enabled the Kremlin to project power on the southern flank of NATO near Africa. Military analysts said they saw the first signs Russia's withdrawal from the port city on December 3, although ...

told an industry gathering in Sochi in southern Russia. In the last 18 months, Russia has launched two major ports, Vysotsky and Lugaport, in the Gulf of Finland, not far from St. Petersburg ...

China and Russia are conducting a joint naval exercise in a southern Chinese province facing the contested South China Sea, as the two sides deepen their "comprehensive strategic partnership." ...