And Vladimir Putin Has Called For Closer
Military Cooperation With China The
The Russian President Was Speaking During A
Video Summit Where The Chinese Leader Xi
Jinping Though Beijing Has Not Condemned
Russia's War In Ukraine It's Also Not
Provided Russia With Any Direct Support
Moscow's Latest Airstrikes Have Left
Most Of Ukraine Is Without Power
More Attacks From Russia On Ukrainian
Cities Round After Round Of Drones And
Cruise Missiles Even Though Ukraine
Air Defenses Are Largely Holding Up
Falling Debris From The Intercepted
Rockets Still Cause Significant Damage
As This Woman In Kyiv Looks On In Her
Children's Bedroom Glass Everywhere
Vladimir Putin Held Talks With His
Chinese Counterpart in The Video Call
Happened To Take Place On The 100th
Anniversary Of The Founding Of The
The Soviet Union Its Demise Is Something
Putin Bitterly Regrets Together He And
She-Jinping Wants To Stand Up To Pressure
From The West And Putin At Least Wants
Closer Military Cooperation With Beijing
A Special Place In Russian Chinese
Relations Are Occupied By The Military And
Technical Cooperation Contributes
To The Security Of Our Countries,
We Aim To Strengthen Cooperation Between The
Armed Forces Of Russia And China
In A Difficult International Situation
We Are Ready To Build Up Strategic
Cooperation With Russia Provides Each
Other Development Opportunities And
By Global Partners For The Benefit Of
Our Peoples
China's Official Stance On Putin's War
Is Being Quote Objective And Fair She
Told Putin That Their Position Isn't Changing
And That The Road To Peace Would Not Be
Smooth Putin Called Her His Dear Friend
And Invited Him To Moscow Early Next
Year
Let's Have A Look At This With Celina
Institute For European And Security
Policy And Came Up With The Term Dragon
Bear To Refer To The China Russia
Is Partnership Welcome To DW,
Um, Is China As Keen On Building A Military?
Links With Russia As Russia Is On
Building Those Links With It
It Seems, So Though We Don't Know Exactly
The Scope And Scale Of The Military
Techno logic Cooperation Between These
In Two States, A Lot Hasn't Been Revealed
Yet, So We Have Heard About The
Intentions About Their Plans A Lot Of
Military Exercises Uh Has Been Conducted
And Even During Russia's War Against
Ukraine But This Domain Is Obviously The
One That's Going To Be Exploited And
Explored In The Years To Come Obviously
Russia Has Become Completely Dependent
On China To Bypass The Western Sanctions
Some even Described It As A Vassal Of
China Or A Junior Partner, But China Also
Needs To Support Russia In This Critical
A Critical Phase Of Russia's War Because
It Has To Avoid A New Security
The Vacuum Could Emerge In The North Of Its
Borders Next To The Military Tensions
With India Along The Line Of Actual
Control As Well As The Military
Escalation In The Strait Of Taiwan So
It's Not An Altruistic Relationship, It's
A Really Based On Real Political National
Interests And I Anticipate Age That The
Military Cooperation Will Further Deepen
And Increase You See That That's Very
Interesting, So China
Embracing Russia Is Less To Do With
China And Russia Are Necessary On
The Same Uh Economic Page Or The Or
Having The Same Worldview And More
If Russia Remains Stable Then
At Least That Border Is Taken Care Of
And We Don't Want Anyone Messing With
That
It's More Than That, It's Of Course Also
About Backing Each Other In Terms Of
Potential Risks At Home So Meaning
Arising From Internal Instability Riots
And A Political Crisis These Two Leaders
Fear Their Own Population The Most So Of
Course Having A Predictable Partner
Um Is, Uh, One Of The Major Common Goals
But Also Creating A Credible Counter
Let's Say Credible Counterweight To The
American Global Power Projection In All
Relevant Corners Of The World Of The
World And Thus Once Again They Need To
Show A Military Muscle Through Military
Exercises Truly Of Course
Coordination, Be It In The Space
Exploration Beat In The Satellites Or As
I Said In The Military Technology Domain
So It's Not Just About A Quick Word On
This Notion Of Coordination Is Because
You've Written Recently That China And
Russia May Have Coordinated At The
Timing Of The Ukraine Invasion What
Makes You Suspect That
Well Obviously The Russian President Uh
Time To Start The All-out War With
At The End Of The Olympics, Knowing How
Important This Was Up To The Chinese
President Uh, Xi Jinping
Following Of Course The Deteriorating
Standing Of China Amid The Looming
Pandemic So Um The Timing Was Certainly
Coordinated With The End Of The
Pandemics Now I Would Argue That It
Appears That China's True Intention
Um, Given The Summit Between The Chinese
President And The Russian President On
February 4th Where They Announced This
Relationship With No Limits To This
Friendship With No Limits I Argued That
The Chinese True Intention Was Not To
Cite With Russia To Give A Green Light
To The War, But Rather To Provide A
Credible Counterweight To The American
Efforts To The Couple From China To
Create An Alliance Of Democracies You
Remember Probably Also The Boycott Of
The Olympic Games And Once The War
Started China Had To Support Russia
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