Vladimir Putin will visit China on Thursday and Friday, marking the Russian president’s first foreign trip since he was sworn in for a fifth presidential term last week.
The state visit to Beijing, the 43rd time Putin will have met President Xi Jinping, comes as China is playing a growing role in supporting the Russian economy following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Beijing has thrown Moscow a vital economic lifeline by helping temper the damage from western sanctions over the war that have cut Russia out of international markets and supply chains.
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