the interview that vladimir putin gave to the chinese news agency xinhua before the meeting with sijimbin, there are already in principle such notes as vasal's notes can already be observed in his statements, in his theses, in the way he tried to a certain extent how to curry favor with sijimbin, how he spoke about him, how he talked about chinese culture, while putin continues to emphasize that russian-chinese cooperation... is mutually beneficial and it is true, but putin emphasizes that this cooperation is equal, and here it is more desirable than real. ms. alina, be in touch with us today putin and xi jinping talked about the war in ukraine, although both call it the ukrainian crisis, and say that they are against prolonging hostilities, this is what their joint statement says, and that's what the current negotiations are about in general, says the chatham expert. this was putin's first visit since his inauguration, and he wanted to send a very clear signal to the west that this is a key relationship and china is firmly behind it. it is noteworthy that this happened after a reshuffle