Chinese leader Xi Jinping departed Moscow on Wednesday having flattered his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin with a high-profile state visit at an otherwise delicate moment for Russia’s president, whose campaign to make Kyiv bend the knee has run far over schedule. Putin is now the first leader of a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council with an arrest warrant to his name for possible war crimes . For his troubles, his Chinese opposite number was received with a red carpet, brass brand, big flags, and small tables. Xi’s strides into the Kremlin were effortless; China’s third-term president is comfortable with his reaffirmed political stature, confident in Beijing’s position on the international stage, and convinced of his decision to back Putin to the hilt. He even endorsed Putin’s electoral prospects before the Russian leader himself was ready to announce another run for the office he has held on and off for two decades. Xi, who is expected to sit atop the Communist Party ‘s hierarchy for at least another five years, had described his three-day visit with Putin as “a journey of friendship, cooperation, and peace.” That was indeed the order of priorities, according to their public remarks. Despite some… Read full this story
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