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A week in Beijing shows Putin is keeping China very close

NPR 1 min read 6 months ago

Russian president Vladimir Putin spent the week in China, attending a summit and very publicly aligning himself with Xi Jinping. Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, explains why this matters to the US and Ukraine.
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