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MOSCOW, BEIJING and TOKYO — Russian and Chinese warships carried out the first joint patrols in the Eastern Pacific Ocean last week, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday, a move Japan said it had monitored. Moscow and Beijing, which organized joint military exercises in the Sea of Japan in early October, have forged closer military and diplomatic ties in recent years at a time when the two countries’ relations with the West are deteriorating. The naval maneuvers were closely watched by Japan, which said on Tuesday that a group of 10 vessels from China and Russia had sailed through...
