Проверка санкциями: что показал саммит Путина и Си [Sanctions check: what the Putin-Xi summit showed]
TRT IN RUSSIAN
Speaking to TRT in Russian , Guy Burton, an associate professor at Vesalius College in Brussels [actually I'm an adjunct], suggested that there could be a number of reasons for China's interest in hosting a Putin-Xi meeting. “It all has to do with the broader context in which the summit took place. One of them is the growing rivalry between the US and China, which has led to the US decision to boycott the opening of the Winter Olympics at the highest level,” the analyst said. According to him, in this way, Putin's visit sends a signal that China is not isolated and has partners.
“Another reason is Russia's own tensions with the West due to its mobilization on the border with Ukraine,” Burton noted. “Despite the fact that official Chinese statements do not directly support Russia's ambitions in Ukraine (and instead call for dialogue and diplomacy to resolve any differences), Beijing will not want the West to hurt Russia too much for its own reasons over Taiwan.” . Signs of the unity and cohesion of the West in China are read as a signal, the expert believes.
For Western capitals, the high-level talks in Beijing confirm the thesis of the ongoing rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing, a TRT source in Russian notes. Any hope of slowing down this process could be undermined by growing pressure on Russia or China over Ukraine or Taiwan, Burton said. Because of this, the countries will be more and more difficult to separate, the expert summed up.
