and volodymyr zelenskyi, chinese president xi jinping can talk with the president of ukraine, at least such negotiations are being called for in the united states of america and they are very hopeful that this will happen, although it is not yet officially planned. washington has already appealed to beijing for such negotiations in private and public format meanwhile , joe biden and xi jinping are to hold talks soon, the president of the united states announced during a meeting with british prime minister rich sunak in san-diyova what to expect from china here our nastya olinska asked the experts let's listen and see him 65 he is an aerospace engineer and a general in the past and also the director of the special agency that procured weapons for the chinese army that in russia it was under the chairmanship of lishan-fu, the newly appointed minister of defense of china, that it purchased 10 su-35 fighters and s-400 anti-aircraft missile systems are such a military asset for china that lishan fu then signed a place on the us sanctions list, given his extensive experience in technological

is this dichotomy, is it an advantage for xi jinping?ico: i would think we should not overestimate the pictures we saw yesterday and today. i think putin is very proud that after his arrest want to buy the icc that he now has an international visitor, an important one, who stays for three days. there is a lot of symbolism in that. but the fact is putin's war is not going well, which is a problem for him but also for china. so china has tried to make profit out of it and maybe destabilize putin, because china wants to have stability on its northern borders that it has with russia. but we should not overestimate this visit. this is not really changing the game. if we support ukraine further, ukraine has a good chance to liberate its territories. brent: the fact though that xi jinping is visiting vladimir putin right now, a week after vladimir putin, the icc issued an arrest warrant for vladimir putin for war crimes, they say you are judged by the company you keep. and apparently xi jinping does not care what people think about mr. putin. n

that he would do something independent from xi jinping.s quite opposite, he will follow him in everything from what we have seen. adrian: so surrounded now as he is by loyalists, is xi going to get that fearless and frank advised that a man in his position would surely need -- advice that a man in his position would surely need? adrian g.: yeah, that is the point. he's surrounded himself with a yes-sayers. and the problem is also with the colt of personality -- cult personality in china, that it is very difficult for anybody in the party to stand up against him. he is in the constitution, he is the constitution of the country. he has shown it in propaganda. for the time being he is very much in power and surrounded by loyalists. adrian: the appointment of head of state comes at a sensitive time for china's relations with the world. what are we to make of xi's criticism of the u.s. this week? as the leader of a western effort to contain china? shirley: president xi has openly talked about an all out u.s. effort to contain and suppress china

xi jinping.his visit is a major boost for putin coming as it does days after an international arrest warrant was issued for him over russia's actions in ukraine. the chinese leader said his talks with president putin had been open and friendly and he reiterated china's mutual position on ukraine -- neutral position on ukraine and reiterated calls for dialogue. beijing has put forward a 12 point paper that seeks to de-escalate the conflict and lead to a cease-fire. the west says the planet short on detail. with listen to what both leaders had to say in moscow. >> i propose a toast to the health of our friend,our chinese president mr. xi jinping. to the health of all members of the chinese delegation leading china's comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation and the prosperity and well-being of russian and chinese people up. >> the two sides should coordinate closely to promote new and greater practical cooperation. >> a little earlier i spoke to our international affairs editor and i aske

and what does xi jinping mean?w we understand european politicians, we know president joseph biden very well about him, more precisely , everyone has made up their own opinion and so on. well , i don't want to talk about putin anymore, xi jinping remains such a dark horse. that we have not particularly come across any focused analysis, at least public in ukraine. perhaps it exists, that is, it is about some professional circles. so, mr. arthur , who is mr. xi jinping in your opinion, and what goals will he now be meeting, well, what goals will he now try to achieve with the help of his unprecedented powers and unprecedented concentration of power, well actually i am not manuel macron to look into participation with the inpna and understand who he is, but what can i say that we have a person who has full power in china who controls 1.5 billion people who there is no more opposition and a person who has imperial ambitions to return the greatness of old china, as they say. of course, for china , which is planning a wa

xi jinping, china is the only major friend he has on the world stage. >> xi jinping, his interest for there to be peace in eastern ukraine or maybe with -- >> there has been an awful lot of wondering what china really wants in this conflict. china has always insisted it is neutral in this. that does not have any kind of stake in this conflict. and that is simply believes and principles such as the sovereignty of nations and territorial integrity in this kind of technical, diplomatic times. don't invade countries. on the one hand, china has been saying that. on the other hand, they also say they understand what they see as vladimir putin's reasons for this war. putin says nato provoked me, nato is trying to expand over into the east. it wants to edge ukraine as a member. he feels he is justified because he is stopping nato in this. >> is it in xi jinping's interest to provide weapons to russia to be used in ukraine? course we take the question one step further because if xi jinping is a little torn on what is really a good outcome in ukraine -- if you believe in territorial integrity,

it is useful for xi jinping to have pressure on his side.certainly does not want putin to fall, does not want an unpredictable situation. it is a long border. he needs to keep putin close. hopefully, to influence him against anything particularly dramatic, like the use of battlefield nuclear weapons, for example. kasia: if yoare saying china sees western liberal democracies on the decline, the white house are urging xi jinping to tell president putin to respect ukraine's sovereignty, will that fall on deaf ears? will he encourage the russian invasion of ukraine? >> i think he would like this to end. i don't think putin signed up for a long war, although it is delivering some advantages to him. if you look at the 12-point plan that china put forward, it has territorial integrity and national sovereignty as key principles. you might thinkt that means that russia needs to withdrawal. i am sure that is what zelenskyy will say when they have a phone call, the first direct munication between president zelenskyy and xi jinping, and all this time. i

the very near future anastasia yefimova will tell more about the program of the second day of xi jinping's state visit to russia, she is waiting for the chinese delegation to appear in the kremlin anastasia hello. again. as i understand it, well, now everything is definitely ready, and for the meeting of the delegation, everything is really ready. here in the last inclusion an hour ago. i remind you and were interested. how do journalists work here, and we are specially from the malachite hall went down to the press center in order to show you how the work is organized here. and now, if you had been talking to you half an hour ago, you would have seen a huge number of reporters behind me and russian, of course, chinese, er, who were. but here, and now there is no one, because in the literal sense of the word, the journalists are all working, everyone has already dispersed to shooting points, which, in general, tells us quite clearly that negotiations will begin here in the kremlin very soon. i remind you that the start is scheduled just after 3:00 p.m., it is at this time that the chinese

we can show you his menu, and the menu is as follows today is xi jinping.n the kremlin they were treated. you see an appetizer from far eastern seafood with a pancake with quail, mushrooms, sterlidi soup with sherbet pie from pechora pomegranate, neelma with venison vegetables with cherry sauce, and for pavel’s dessert, this is actually such a treat. today is an informal first most meeting. russian cuisine is a great conversation of big politics, global and bilateral relations. well, we continue to wait for the completion of these same negotiations. but for now, we continue to follow the work of vlady. r putin let's watch the story of my colleague anton vernitsky, who today met the chairman of the prc of ports, the grandson spent the first half of the day with him. he landed in a plane from a dolphin in moscow. despite the fact that 2 hours ago , information appeared on the internet that he allegedly flew to the russian capital, but it was an advanced board with a delegation. it was huge, exactly the same in size, and therefore everyone confused it with the

now with xi jinping here, russia can claim it| anti-western world. ia can claim it is not isolated, that moscow has powerful allies who view the world through a similar lens, that it does not need the us, it has friends in the east. but experience shows china always puts china first. today the talks between the two leaders begin in earnest. steve told us more about how the visit is being perceived by the russian public. you see the word friend in the headlines on a lot of the papers since both leaders addressed each other as dear friends, and earlier this week there was a little bit of scepticism, some commentators saying the reality is china will always put itself first, so you can talk about a bromance or a strategic partnership deepening cooperation between russia and china, but i think people are open 90 and understand china has its interest at heart first of all —— open eyed. there is an understanding that despite the talk of partnership and they no limits partnership, this is not a partnership of equals any more. very much now china the senior p

xi jinping sees putin as his brother. onal relationship, and xi was very much void by his role in br bringing iran saudi arabia together in the middle east, and he would like to bolster his own domestic support and international legitimacy by showing that he is a international statesman and peacemaker, and if he can get putin to make any positive proposals at all, he will claim that this is his great achievement, but of course, even more important is the phone call that he plans to have with president zelenskyy, and unless president zelenskyy shows any positive response to what xi jinping has to say afterwards, then this whole thing is doing to be a big act that is designed to bolster the legitimacy of xi jin jinping. >> again, we will wait to see if the phone call between xi and zelenskyy is going to happen, but that meeting between xi and putin is happening. and now, the u.s. thinks that a proposal will be very much in russia's interest as things stand. do you think that or where do you think that putin would be a constr

chinese president xi jinping concluded what he called a journey of friendship and peace to moscow. his warm reception. there comes as no surprise. vladimir putin is badly in need of friendship and peace to moscow. his warm reception. there comes friends after the international criminal court issued a warrant for his arrest. he clearly hoping that xi's grand display of solidarity will translate into economic and military support to help russia cope with sanctions induced shortages. china has bigger aims nothing less than rebalancing global geopolitics. so we're asking putin under pressure is china the winner in the ukraine war hello and welcome. it is a great pleasure to greet our guests. angela stanzel is senior policy fellow in the asia program at the berlin based think tank s w p. suda. david wipp is senior fellow and regional director in the berlin office of the german marshall fund. and my d w colleague, vladimir epis works, excuse me. vladimir works on our russian desk and vladimir if i may start with you, putin absolutely pulled out all the stops on this visit. xi jinping eve

it is a significance of this trip at the same time that xi jinping is in moscow?we are talking about a lot of this is symbolism. at the same time they had president xi jinping making this high-profile visit to moscow to meet with vladimir putin, you have the japanese prime minister kishida making a trip to ukraine today where he will meet with president sling the -- president zelensky in kyiv. all seven of the g7 leaders will have made trips to kyiv to visit was one since the start of the full-scale invasion. so, a sign from japan standing behind the others in the g7 in support for ukraine at the same time that president xi jinping is making a very high-profile visit to moscow showing where china stands. francine: bruce, thank you so much. bloomberg's bruce einhorn in hong kong. tom: china and russia's growing importance to each other is underlined by their booming energy trade. russia has surpassed saudi arabia as china's biggest oil surprised -- supplier. they are feeding rebounding demand following the end of covid zero. let's bring in alexander. how did china

in moscow, a major meeting is playing out between two autocrats as vladimir putin plays host to xi jinpinge three-day visit is the first since russia's invasion of ukraine. you're looking at new video of said meeting on your screen. in a statement president xi called russia a friendly neighbor and said they were working to, quote, uphold the global system. the meeting follows putin's surprise visit to mariupol days after the international criminal court issued a warrant for his arrest for war crimes in ukraine. nbc's matt bradley is with us from kyiv. janis mackey frayer is joining us from ukraine. matt, what kind of action are you seeing in ukraine? >> reporter: the ukrainians, we asked the foreign ministry and they said they don't want to comment on this meeting until after the meeting takes place. it looks like what you can hear from here, you get the impression from here in kyiv that ukrainians believe they might be able to find some daylight still between beijing and moscow that's because even though xi jinping has proposed peace plans that were more favorable to moscow according to t

zhenin zhebao material appeared on the eve of xi jinping's visit to russia. it starts today. the russian military gave a tough rebuff to the militants in the zaporozhye direction, the enemy threw armored vehicles with the support of artillery into the breakthrough, our soldiers destroyed two companies of nationalists and repulsed the attack. leading the volgograd region, flooded rivers will bandage the roads, leaving residents without communication with big land. rescuers blow up ice gaps. the presidential elections in montenegro will be the second round of the first. none of the candidates managed to gain more than half of the votes in sociology predict defeat, the current head of state. the entire opposition rallied around their candidate yakov nelatovich. russia is grateful to china for its balanced position on the ukrainian issue , vladimir putin wrote about this in an article for a chinese publication. zhen jebao, the material appeared on the eve of the visit to moscow of xiademping, the representative of the prc will arrive in russia already today, the jinping himself a

i am sure , although i have never talked to xi jinping , that he does not want a war of extermination on the territory of ukraine. china has strong trade deals are not with ukraine, besides, everyone knows that if putin is left to float freely, he will expand the horizons of the war, can use nuclear weapons and create mass instability , to put it mildly, not to mention the catastrophe in all of europe. and china really wants to have strong trade relations with europe china has its expansionist ambitions in the eastern and indo -pacific regions from the chinese point of view it is simply restoring its territorial integrity by returning taiwan in our view - it would also be an aggressive war, and yet china is not interested in mass catastrophes in ukraine and most of europe, so president zelensky is in an extremely difficult situation , in fact, i would like to ask you about the possibility of a scenario of correct behavior on the part of our top political and military leadership, so on the one hand, an endless international the perimeter of the negotiations , which can continue for man

putin, this is his first visit after being re-elected to the post of head of china in 10 years, xi jinpingdy visited russia eight times. what is the difference between state official or working visits, the highest category of visit. state it is held in order to emphasize the high political level achieved by bilateral relations, the head of state can make a state visit only once during the period after the elections during the visit, an official ceremony is provided for welcoming the guest by the president of russia in the kremlin. this meeting indicates that both states intend to maintain relations at the highest possible level, with regard to the official visit. he also held at the highest level of the head. they will be able to make it an unlimited number of times during such a visit, negotiations are held and attend various events, an integral part of an official visit is breakfast or lunch from the host side; a business or working visit is carried out by the head of state, a minister or other statesmen during a working visit go directly to negotiations, meetings or signing documents. t

xi jinping called vladimir putin's dear friend, his strategic partner.remlin leader said they would discuss china's peace initiative. but there is no detailed chinese plan to end the war in ukraine. what moscow would like from beijing is legal aid to help win. beijing has been reluctant to provide that, to prevent secondary sanctions against chinese companies, but it has been supplying dual use technology like semiconductor chips that the russian military can use. the kremlin also wants to expand trade with china. with russia under heavy international sanctions, economic ties with beijing are proving a lifeline. if you burn bridges with the west, as vladimir putin has, what do you do then? you look east. that's what the kremlin lr has done. recent events have accelerated russia's dependency on china. putin and xi may speak about mutually beneficial cooperation but beijing looks increasingly like the seedier partner. moscow hasn't just partnered with beijing. last week russia held joint naval exercisewith china and iran. there are signs the kremlin is loo

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i'm sure he's glad to see xi jinping. 's the big question. my own personal guess is no because xi has been positioning himself as a would be peacemaker. he's brought a chinese peace proposal to russia. nobody thinks that's going to fly. it may be the beginning of some longer conversation. i was struck, chris, by the way in which this visit really shows how isolated vladimir putin is. every other week, somebody shows up at the white house to see president biden. when was the last time you remember any prominent world leader visiting moscow to see vladimir putin. so i'm sure this visit is welcome. just how much he gets out of it beyond the psychological boost, we'll have to see. >> we talked so much about his isolation. we talk about how his economy has been hurt. and yet he continues, he shows no sign of not continuing. so a psychological boost is one thing, but what does he really get out of this, and how isolated is he or really, david, how much does it matter? >> he's able to keep fighting on his own. one thing russians

i want to note that xi jinping and 10 years ago for his first foreign visit. in 2013, he not only chose russia as the president of the people's republic of china, but, just like today, he flew to us on the eve of the vernal equinox. we often repeat that the chinese are very fond of symbols, so it is very symbolic that tomorrow's main talks in the kremlin with vladimir putin will take place directly on the day of the vernal equinox. also, the moon is in its growth phase. and this is a direct reference to the renewal of the growth of something new, and in everything. but, seriously, most of the chinese leaders for all the time of our relations, their first and foreign visits. after being elected as a post-chairman, they came to our country. mao zedong in the forty-ninth year, he generally tried in the ussr for more than three months, the current visit of xi jinping, of course, is shorter, 3 days, but the richness of the meetings and the importance of the message of this whole world is clearly not inferior, the solemn ceremony of welcoming the grandson at the air

xi. jinping.ady mentioned at the beginning of the broadcast , cross-articles were published in major national media, i will dwell on the economic theses present of russia on the pages of janmin, zhebao noted that the two-sided goods trade turnover reached $185 billion last year. well, the bar of 200 billion, which the leaders of russia and china set jointly for the year 24, will be able to exceed the early this year. well, in addition, the president emphasized that the share of settlements in national currencies is growing. this increases sovereignty, and therefore reduces dependence on third countries vladimir putin noted the strengthening of cooperation in the energy industry. agriculture and space exploration, well, the gas pipeline of the power of siberia called the deal of the century for on the pages of the russian newspaper xi jinping noted the importance of such an economic bloc as the eaeu, which, in addition to russia, includes a number of states of the former union, remains the leitmoti

xi jinping has won a third term as china's president in a largely procedural vote at the national people'selmingly approving the extension of xi's rule. things are wrapping up in beijing and the power dynamics have been in full display where you have the outgoing leaders, the newcomers crammed around the chinese president. stephen engle actually took a look at how china's leadership plays their game of chairs. stephen: like in any important dinner party, where one sits at the table can be telling. at the national people's congress, there is no denying xi jinping is the host, the center of attention, with concentric rings of importance emanating outward. this year, the roster is fairly packed like a holiday dinner were all the relatives show up. the seniors on their way out mixed in with the family's rising stars. tycho is flanked closely by his closest new allies, including li qiang, expected to take over as premier, a new right-hand man. even the outgoing vice president got a seat within earshot of xi, showing he may still be a man of influence despite his outgoing retirement. outgoing su

and what will xi jinping offer? what can china offer to moscow and official kyiv?e chinese do? china did the strengthening of the union of its supporters, this is also the fact that it pacified tehran , in fact, saudi arabia, and they were historical enemies, and now, in fact, israel cannot strike at iran, iran can receive any weapons there. anything to build, he strengthened the relations between belarus and iran as allies, he guaranteed the sovereignty of kazakhstan. that is, these are political and diplomatic maneuvers. now xi jinping is going to moscow and for and will talk with our the president in order to find out positions because he wants to personally understand who takes which position because it is precisely the politburo in china that i think is on the verge of making a decision whether to help russia with weapons or not to help or develop after all relations with the united states of america and then get some profits from the division of russia, so he personally is now involved in these maneuvers . i think that he will also maneuver for europe to sepa

the climax of the second day of xi jinping's visit to moscow high-level talks and press statement new world order chinese leader's visit for the second day in the spotlight of all world media what do they write in the west? intelligence under flint russian special forces successfully completed an important task. our correspondent is on the front lines. the french government resisted to be passed and a few votes were not enough for the pension reform. russia began to buy much less greenhouse vegetables of its own production abroad. nuclear fusion what they talk about at international conferences in moscow these days moscow has become the site of a major political event. at the beginning of the year , china's leader xi jinping is making a state visit to the capital. today is the climax of high-level talks with the signing of important bilateral documents and a press statement. what to expect from this meeting, what does the state status of the visit mean in general ? chinese leaders, the president of the russian federation will discuss a plan for strategic cooperation, as well as the fu

on the eve of xi jinping's visit to russia, the russian leader noted that the dialogue between the two countries has a special character, built on mutual respect, sovereignty and interests of each other. russian-chinese relations have reached the highest level in their entire history and continue to grow in quality. they are superior to the military-political alliances of the cold war. they do not, leading and driven by any restrictions or forbidden topics, our political dialogue has become extremely trusting strategic interaction, comprehensive and entering a new era, as the president of russia noted the trade and economic partnership between the two countries last year. it was marked by a new record, bilateral trade doubled and reached 185 billion dollars, and this year it can exceed 200 billion. at the same time, more payments are made in national currencies. in addition , moscow is connected by joint programs . a joint space exploration, unlike some who claim hegemony and bring discord into the world harmony of the countries of russia and china. literally and figuratively they buil

our roads and we start with the main topic of this week , the state visit of chinese president xi jinping to moscow continues, how the second working day will be built in the russian capital. now i will tell you in more detail so today in the morning the head of china will meet with prime minister mikhail mishustin , the official meeting ceremony between president vladimir putin and the president of china will begin in the grand kremlin palace at 15:00. after that, negotiations will be held in russian and expanded formats, following the results there will be a ceremony of signing documents. further, according to the plan of communication, the leaders of the two countries with the media and a state dinner in the faceted chamber , according to presidential aide yuri ushakov , vladimir putin, and if the jinping at the talks in moscow will discuss the situation in ukraine military-technical cooperation projects in the energy sector. and, of course, the economic cooperation between the two countries is planned to sign two joint statements. the first deepening of relations is the second in term

the first one is xi jinping in the - the first one is xi jinping in the chinese — the first one is xiategy — chinese officials from the grand strategy perspective, china does not realty _ strategy perspective, china does not realty want _ strategy perspective, china does not really want to have a weakened russia — really want to have a weakened russia and an international balance of power— russia and an international balance of power to— russia and an international balance of power to diversify moved to the other— of power to diversify moved to the other side — of power to diversify moved to the other side of the world. in xi jinping — other side of the world. in xi jinping would probably want to continue — jinping would probably want to continue his previous diplomatic engagement in the same as his trip to the _ engagement in the same as his trip to the middle east in particular, to promote _ to the middle east in particular, to promote the use of international trade _ promote the use of international trade and — promote the use of international trade and in particular, energy trade

and vladimir putin having all this communication, all these meetings, xi jinping has yet to speak toainian president volodymr zelenskyy. so if they put forward a peace deal, what's the validity if xi jinping hasn't taken zelenskyy's point of view in any of the deliberations? >> reporter: yeah, and that's something that the white house and wider u.s. officials are trying to change, trying to encourage china to make some kind of connection with ukraine, talk to president zelenskyy, really through those diplomatic channels. the u.s. says they are trying to keep dialogue continuing to happen through china throughout all of these actions because they feel that it's important. so now they are saying that to get a real perspective of the issue on the ground chinese president xi jinping should talk to zelenskyy ads they haven't spoken since the war broke out. as of now, no official call has been announced. >> a lot to watch for there, thank you so much for that. >> let's get insight from cnn global affairs analyst kim kosier. she is senior managing editor of the "military times." really appr

russia's president vladimir putin and china's president xi jinping are scheduled to meet in moscow on face—to—face since the beginning of the ukraine war. the two—day visit comes as beijing , an ally of russia, offered proposals to end the war. meanwhile, ukraine has condemned mr putin's visit to the devastated city of mariupol. an aide to president zelensky called him a criminal returning to the scene of his crime. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. vladimir putin arrived in mariupol by helicopter, at least according to pictures broadcast by russian state television. then he drove himself into the city amid tight security on what's thought to be his first known visit to parts of ukraine seized by russian forces after last year's invasion. in the darkened streets, he met what were described as local residents. the bbc can't verify who they were. the kremlin said it was a "spontaneous visit". "we need to start getting to know each other better," mr putin said. "we pray for you," one woman said. "finally, you are here. we have waited for you so long." mr putin

they briefly chatted at xi jinping's car and shook hands in farewell. chinese leader's visit to moscow became not only the most discussed news of the outgoing day. well, and, perhaps, the main political events of the year, and for both moscow and beijing, it’s not without reason that xi jinping was the first foreign visit after being re-elected to our country by passengers who flew out today at about 12 o’clock moscow time or, on the contrary, arrived at the capital airport, vnukovo, even from afar, but still could witness the incredibly solemn reception of the chinese guest. from the airport a long chinese motorcade left straight to the kremlin, where xi jinping met with vladimir putin a few minutes later, he called the russian president a dear friend, but in turn , vladimir putin noted a colossal breakthrough in china's development and stressed that the two countries have many common tasks and goals, and the first day the visit of the chinese leader to moscow, but i am the reaction of the west where today's events in moscow were of course followed, es

xi jinping sent a letter to russian-state media.0th meeting with vladimir putin. he had some digs in his letter, thinly veiled at the u.s., calling for a more democratic multi-polar world. what he did not mention at all was russia's invasion of ukraine a year ago. and the ongoing war. instead xi jinping referred to this as the ukraine crisis, and claimed that beijing is neutral in this, that he wants peace negotiations and dialogue. he has yet to speak directly with the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy since russia's invasion a year ago. and when it comes to the international criminal court issuing an arrest warrant on friday against vladimir putin for alleged war crimes, well, the chinese foreign ministry has weighed in on that. it is calling for the icc to be objective and impartial, to respect the jurisdictional immunity enjoyed by a head of state, and to avoid pl politicalization and double standards. so take that into context when you discuss china's claimed neutrality in that war. >> and china has at no point throughout

coming up, we will bring you more top lines from chinese leader xi jinping's ms. -- chinese leader xiinping's visit to moscow. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." let's get the first word news with madison mills in dubai. >> president vladimir putin says russia is ready to discuss china's initiative for ending the war in ukraine. chinese president xi jinping's three-day visit to moscow mark says most ambitious attempt yet to play the role of peacemaker. after the talks, he is expected to speak by video link with ukraine's president zelenskyy. the u.s. and its allies have rejected beijing's blueprint. bloomberg has learned that asset management giant vanguard is planning to complete its exit from china. sources say it has notified the chinese government of its intention to close its final remaining unit in shanghai. it is also planning to exit a robo advisory joint group. and the french government has survived two no-confidence motions, enabling the immediate adoption of president macron's unpopular pension reform bill without a full vote in parliament. in a

the state visit of chinese leaders xi jinping to russia ended this morning, the plane with the chinese president took off from vnukovo-2 airport. our correspondent varvara nevskaya works there now she is live varvara greetings, we are waiting for the details. alexandra, i again greet you and our viewers before dawn , dozens of journalists gathered here in vnukovo-2 near moscow. now we can see the runway behind me absolutely freely, but just an hour and a half ago there was a huge number of representatives of the press, photographers , video cameras writing journalists, and this is understandable. after all, the occasion corresponding to the ninth official state visit of chinese president xi jinping to moscow the dear chinese guest has come to the end of the air harbor. guards of honor awaited. and the military band at the end of the state visit was in no way inferior in solemnity to the way the capital met last monday. to see off the head of the prc from the russian side , the government will freeze dmitry chernyshenko, deputy foreign minister andrey rudenko and russian ambassador to t

. >>> xi jinping is in moscow right now and just met with vladimir putin. i's new comments this morning about why he's there. >>> 20 years ago today the u.s. invaded iraq. we are live in baghdad with the scars from that war still felt today. we'll also talk to congressman jason crow who served in iraq and now says there should be no more blank checks for the military. >>> and back at home, deadly violence erupts during spring break in miami beach. we're live with how the city is cracking down. ♪♪ >>> and we begin with the very latest on the investigations surrounding former president donald trump. a new york city grand jury could hear from what could be the final witnesses in its investigation into a $130,000 hush money payment made before the 2016 election to adult film actress stormy daniels who claims she had an affair with trump. grand jurors are expected to hear today from attorney robert costello who was a legal adviser to former trump attorney michael cohen who was directed by trump to make that payment. cohen told msnbc he will return to the district

taiwan. >> we know volodymyr zelenskyy has been calling for a telephone conversation with president xi jinping and i has not happened yet. what is your thinking behind that not happening so far? >> it will be interesting to see if it happened. it has yet to happen. xi has had no contact with the ukrainian president through this conflict. it makes china seem like a not very faithful partner in the peace process if it has yeto talk to one of the sides. >> professor gallagher, thank you very much for your time. here in the u.k., the former prime minister boris johnson has accepted he did mislead parliament over downing street, but insists the statements were made in good faith, and what he knew and believed that the time. he made it given to mp's administering his actions. said he did not intentionally or recklessly mislead the house and the 2021 or on any other date read and he relied on assurances he received from his trusted advisors on what happened in downing street. let's recap what this is all about. boris johnson around a table where down exceed -- downing street staff. england with socia

you never know with xi jinping.body to the national people's congress, he was fairly combative and listed united states by name for a number of the problems and challenges and struggles with that relationship. we will have to see what xi jinping says. i will assume this will be today for lee chung to answer questions. he will answer questions from local and domestic international media today. xi jinping will give a speech to close up the national people's congress. has anyone guessed what they might say question mark -- say? >> there is a lot to catch up on today. bloomberg subscribers on the terminals, it is also on the mobile and the bloomberg. you just get the news on the industries and assets. ♪ the first time you connected your website and your store was also the first time you realized... we can do anything. cheesecake cookies? [together] the chookie! manage all your sales from one place with a partner that always puts you first. godaddy. tools and support for every small business first. online personal stylin

i think we can expect xi jinping to extend his i expect xi jinping to extend his friendship and support himself internationally as a mediator coming off the back of the success that china has had in mediating between saudi arabia and iran. �* . . mediating between saudi arabia and iran. �* . , ., ., ., iran. bear with us for one moment, i will come back— iran. bear with us for one moment, i will come back to _ iran. bear with us for one moment, i will come back to you _ iran. bear with us for one moment, i will come back to you in _ iran. bear with us for one moment, i will come back to you in a _ iran. bear with us for one moment, i will come back to you in a second, i l will come back to you in a second, i want to pause for one moment because we have some viewers on bbc two who will leave us in a moment, and of course we have been following all the developing moves on the chinese and russian leadership meeting, today is the second day of the three—day state visit, we have also seen the japanese leader in ukraine, so we are exploring that and more and more on that here on bbc news, but

vladamir putin told his chinese counterpart, xi jinping, he is open to negotiations on beijing's peacen to resolve the war in ukraine. it came as the chinese president made his first visit to moscow since the conflict began last year. xi and prudent hailed their historic close ties in the face of russia's isolation from most of the international community. our reporter reports. >> this is a trip china hopes will end were in ukraine but it is a delicate mission for chinese president xi jinping. xi has repeatedly said his country is neutral in the conflict but he is widely seen as a key ally and a quarter of russian president vladimir putin. >> china values the friendship between china and russia. this has historical logic because your neighbors and two large countries and strategic runners. we have a very close relationship. >> last month, china presented a peace plan to end the war in ukraine but while it calls for an end to unilateral sanctions against russia and a cease-fire, it makes no mention of russian troops withdrawing from ukrainian territory. president putin said russia is op

i think xi jinping and putin read his vulnerability is they fear their own people. we need to exploit that. we need to press that advantage. that what helped us win the cold war. we need the american instrument of power called american energy. i think the invasion revealed how the folly of the administration's energy policies, which have been focused on shutting down the production of american energy, making it harder to move energy, and encouraging financers to not invest in american energy. i think that is coming home to roost and people are recognizing that is a mistake. >> what about lessons in terms of. people have been struck by how much weaponry gets used. what about preparedness, industrial mobilization and what needs to be done to deal with that? >> at is a great point. i sat on the armed services, i am a colonel in the marines in the reserves. it is a huge wake-up call. president biden's administration has put forward 2 budgets in the last years have been defense cuts. what i have been saying is you cannot do that anymore. we need a much more robust dod, s

xi jinping seems to believe his own propaganda.ur powerful determent believable that present she and the chinese communist party's the hospital work. >> and give her that question. peace through strength still works. that's our defensive capabilities and those were partners and allies in the region. i think it's immensely encouraging japan is doubling its defense investment. i think new formats and encourage defense cooperation, very encouraging. i think you have to recognize we are very far behind. if we remember the run-up to the re- invasion of ukraine, many people thought we need to lay out redlines need to allay security concerns. this is a narcissistic view of the world which we think what we do or what we say is decisive towards achieving a favorable outcome. both vladimir putin and xi jinping have aspirations that go far beyond those in reaction to us. therefore it's important for us and demonstrate the strength necessary to convince xi jinping, leaders in that party and leaders in the people's liberation army they could no

putin yixi meeting xi jinping.oscow not only tore off the masks , but also removed the distorting filter, which for several years was hidden from the relations of forces in the world, projecting their model and their common ambitions onto the world. china and russia are throwing a new challenge to the inhabitants. west friendly meeting xi jinping. and vladimir putin attracted the attention of the whole world. this is not only a reminder that china has become influential mediator on the world stage. but also a reason to wonder if america is losing its once undisputed leadership role in international diplomacy and find emotion. the head of the chinese ministry of foreign affairs, mr. qingan , has sino-russian relations in store for a constructive response - this is not a coalition. we are not friendly against third countries. the interests of our country are the priority. i liked these talks. we are developing our bilateral relations. this does not depend on the opinion of other states, including the united states. w

>> reporter: he is echoing what xi jinping said.gn minister, the former chinese ambassador to the united states, he held his first briefing in the job at national people's congress. for any hope that the tone coming out of the diplomatic corps would soften a bit has been dashed. he was very harsh toward the u.s. i think the key take away is that this is the first time we heard a direct response from china at such a high level that u.s. claims that china could be considering military support for russia in the ukraine crisis he said that he completely denied that. he said the blame is unacceptable frank. >> eunice yoon live in beijing thank you. >>> time for the check on the other headlines outside the world of business with frances rivera live in new york with the latest good morning, frances. >> frank, good morning we start with the fbi offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the return of four american citizens kidnapped at gunpoint in mexico on friday this took place in the city of metamoro a law enforcement official

the material appeared on the eve of xi jinping's visit to moscow.he president of china will arrive in our country today. uh. himself, chairman. the prc also published an article in the rossiyskaya gazeta. all the details. future this is the title of an article by vladimir putin in a chinese edition. on the eve of xi jinping's visit to russia, the russian leader noted that the dialogue between the two countries has a special character, built on mutual respect, sovereignty and interests of each other , russian-chinese relations reached the highest level in their history and continue to grow in quality. they are superior to the military-political alliances of the cold war. they do not lead and are guided by any restrictions or forbidden topics, our political dialogue has become extremely confidential strategic interaction, comprehensive and entering a new era, as the president of russia noted the trade and economic partnership between the two countries last year. it marked a new record, bilateral trade doubled and reached $185 billion, and this year it

chinese president xi jinping expressed confidence that russian citizens will support vladimir putin in the presidential election. next year, the russian president's meeting with the president of the people's republic of china is taking place right now in the kremlin as the leaders greeted each other. russia china partnership aspiring future with this title on the eve of the visit, a chinese newspaper published an article by vladimir putin about the main provisions. the ministry of internal affairs is the main topic of the formation of internal affairs bodies in the new territories, what else did the president talk about and what tasks did he set for law enforcement officers conference russia africa multipolar world are held in moscow at the opening speech by vladimir putin participants from which countries they came to the russian capital and what is the agenda of the demand to leave the kiev-pechersk lavra today they are discussing sinot patient church representatives arrived at zelensky's office will talk about the situation around the main orthodox shrine. waiting for the european p

talks about bringing comrade xi to moscow right now, by the way, in the white house in mishustin , xi jinpinghis photo from putin's meetings, xi flew around. almost all of the leading western publications, the president of the prc raises his hand in a friendly greeting and the president of russia smiles, sitting in a relaxed pose. the headlines are also repeated with the general meaning of si trying to become an intermediary to bring peace in ukraine analysts are trying to predict. what will the talks between china and russia lead to the white house, which failed yesterday. in the end , the phone call failed. to the network. i decided to arrange an informational, probably an attack on the picket. biden, ordered intelligence to declassify the given origin of covid-19. seriously. so it coincided in the near future, right today in the public domain should appear. secret information about the virus that american intelligence managed to get at the white house even hinted that links with the suhan institute of virology might be revealed. to believe that, without risking, it is possible to go direct

>>> topping our world lead, china's president xi jinping received a warm welcome in moscow ahead of hisg with russian's vladimir putin. it is xi's first visit since the brutal attack and invasion of ukraine last year. the highly watched meetings that drawn skepticism from ukrainian and western leaders. despite china's effort to frame itself as a peace maker in this conflict, a cnn selina wang reports this comes down amid concern china may start sending lethal weapons for russians to use against ukrainians. sfl >> reporter: the meeting of two friends, both set up to be leader foz life. showing off their vision of a post american world order. the pomp and circumstance, a credibility boost for vladimir putin. displaying that he's got a powerful friend in china's leader xi jinping even as the international criminal court has awarrant for his arrest for committing war crimes and allegedly shipping ukrainian children to russia and even as the west isolated him, amid stalled invasion of ukraine. both xi and putin writing glowing op-eds about her country's relations. xi calling the relationship