The military test their multi-rocket launcher and howitzer artillary. Three hundred thousand troops are being put to the test as air, sea and land drills take place close to the border with China

For decades China has been considered by Russia as one of its potential threats.

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'For Russia, it's really about showing they're a global military power.'

For the past two days, the Russian military has been conducting the country's biggest drills in decades, as President Vladimir Putin seeks to send a message to the West but also to his own increasinly-dissatisfied electorate.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (September 13) arrived at Tsugol firing range in the country's Siberia Zabaikalsky region to observe large military drills.

Three hundred thousand troops are involved in the joint China and Russia drills close to the Chinese border

The Russian President made the suggestion at a conference stage on Wednesday. It's to formally end World War Two hostilities between their countries. But Abe, did not give his response

"Nobody has ever kicked your butt properly so that you’d feel it in your liver but now you came to the right person," Viktor Zolotov, the head of Russia's National Guard and Putin's ex-head of security, threatened the opposition leader.

President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping demonstrated their cooking skills on Tuesday (September 11) after their talks in Russia's Far Easten city of Vladivostok.

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