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China’s and Russia’s ultimate ambitions are different — Putin seeks to reassemble the Russian empire to its greatest extent and Xi wants to rule the world and the near parts of the solar ...
Russia is at a classic “tipping point” in its long, admirable history, as Putin desperately hangs on in hope that Trump will wind down U.S. engagement and permit Russia to seize Ukraine in stages.
Xi and Putin depict the post-Cold War era of U.S. dominance as crumbling, three decades after the 1991 Soviet collapse and following centuries of European colonial dominance of China. Putin has ...
China is not interested in the triumph or defeat of Russia: the latter plays a major role in ensuring China's energy security, and thanks to unprecedented sanctions, China is able to buy Russian resources on favorable terms. Russia, on the other hand, is becoming increasingly dependent on China, entering its political and economic orbit.
[182] [183] [184] Russia and China officially declared their relations 'Not allies, but better than allies'. [185] The relations between the two countries are currently being put to the test after Russia invading Ukraine. [186] Unlike in the Soviet era, Putin ruled Russia is increasingly China's "junior partner". [187] [188]
The same can be said of China’s efforts at military modernization, which Russia had also promised after the Soviet collapse — but were never seriously undertaken, as its recent battlefield ...
[96] [97] China's total trade with Russia was a record $190 billion in 2022. [98] In the same year, China accounted for 40% of Russia's imports. [99] In the first half of 2023, models from Chinese car companies accounted for more than a third of all sales in Russia. [100] In 2023, China's total trade with Russia reached a record $240 billion. [101]
Russia and China have staged military exercises together, including naval drills that started on Tuesday. Putin, overseeing the launch of the manoeuvres, warned the United States against attempts ...