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Russia and China will hold joint military drill alongwith members from the SCO in China this month.
Putin praised what he called the “pragmatism” of Exxon Mobil in going ahead with the drill.
The US has said Snowden has harmed its national security.
Putin has signed a decree banning certain food imports from countries that have sanctioned Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
The government is already working on the list of goods that would be banned.
At least 1129 people have been killed and 3442 others wounded in the Ukraine crisis, says new UN figures.
Even as the US and EU try to isolate Russia, Beijing and other BRICS capitals have been cementing their business ties with Moscow.
Australia, Holland and Russia's leaders agreed to maintain "effective coordination through their foreign ministries and within the UN".
Moscow needs to “constructively support” the probe process of the MH17 crash, said the EU Ambassador to Russia.
Britain has accused Moscow of “sponsored terrorism” in Ukraine.