カテゴリー: Vladimir Putin
Russian PM holds talks with Xi Jinping and signs bilateral pacts to further investment, exports and sports cooperationRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesRussia and China have agreed to deepen investment in trade services, promote agricultural expo…
Leaders searching for unity on extent of help for Ukraine and how to persuade global south to join China containment effort In the horrific shadow of a past nuclear holocaust, the leaders of the G7 group of wealthiest nations will meet in Hiroshima in …
Revelation raises questions about whether US and Europe should have been more prepared for 2014 invasionVladimir Putin told Bill Clinton three years before his 2014 attack on Ukraine that he was not bound by the Budapest Memorandum guaranteeing the cou…
In phone call with Zelenskiy, Xi appears to pledge China will stay neutral in war, according to Chinese state mediaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will send a delegation to Ukraine to hold talks with all parti…
Li Shangfu travelled to Moscow where he said ties between the countries ‘surpass military-political alliances of the cold war era’Vladimir Putin and China’s defence minister Li Shangfu have vowed to deepen military cooperation between China and Russia …
China’s leader is gathering autocratic regimes to his banner, Europe and the US are divided over how to respond, and the French president just lobbed a grenade onto the field of international diplomacyIt is perhaps no surprise that Emmanuel Macron is i…
‘Top secret’ document reportedly warned Kyiv faced shortfalls in troops and weaponry and suggested any gains would be modestPentagon leak traced to video game chat about UkraineUS intelligence reportedly warned in February that Ukraine might fail to am…
French president makes plea as two leaders hold first of series of high-level meetings in BeijingRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has urged China’s Xi Jinping to bring Russia “back to reason” over the war i…
America’s record at keeping global order is deeply flawed, but the only winners from its drift towards isolationism will be Xi Jinping and Vladimir PutinAmerican global leadership took a serious kicking last week. Politicians and pundits on both sides …
Kremlin toasts the Russian-Chinese partnership, which appears warm but far from equal Standing alongside Xi Jinping in the 15th-century Chamber of Facets, one of the most historic ceremonial venues at the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin raised his glass of whi…
But US warns against ‘any tactical move by Russia to freeze the war on its own terms’Vladimir Putin has welcomed China’s proposals for peace in Ukraine at a joint press conference with Xi Jinping in Moscow – a plan the west has warned would allow the K…
Xi Jinping has invited Vladimir Putin to visit China this year in a symbolic show of support after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for Russia’s president over accusations of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.Pu…
The Russian and Chinese leaders have met more than 40 times in recent years, fortifying personal and formal relationsRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA visit by China’s president, Xi Jinping, to Moscow this week has shone a light on his strength…
Chinese and Russian leaders to discuss Ukraine in formal talks after friendly dinner, while Fumio Kishida meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy in KyivRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesXi Jinping has invited Vladimir Putin to visit China this year in a symbolic sh…
In remarks at the Kremlin, Putin told the Chinese leader that Russia was ‘a bit jealous’ of China’s rapid development in recent decades.During a meeting in which he invited Xi to sit close to him – in contrast to the long white table at which he s…