Tag: Vladimir Putin

Belarus Leader Meets Putin in Moscow to Discuss Key Alliance Treaty

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin presided over an April 6 meeting in Moscow held to discuss the “Union State” treaty between the two countries. In effect since 1999, the Union State treaty is aimed at cementing economic and defense ties between the two former Soviet republics. “Russia and Belarus are stepping…


Remain Steadfast in Supporting Taiwan and Hong Kong

Commentary March is a month where strategic moves have been made by world leaders. We will first take a bird’s eye view on the geopolitical events, and carry on our discussions from a Hong Kong perspective. The meeting between communist China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Moscow drew worldwide media attention in an…


The CCP Consuming Russia in Its Desire for World Domination

Commentary The recent visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to his “friend forever” in Moscow, Vladimir Putin, marks a new phase in Xi’s efforts to create a new world order dominated by authoritarian regimes. The ostensible reason for the visit was to promote China’s peace plan for the war in Ukraine, but the outcome of…


The Dragon Consumes the Bear in Its Quest for World Domination

Commentary The recent visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to his “friend forever” in Moscow, Vladimir Putin, marks a new phase in Xi’s efforts to create a new world order dominated by authoritarian regimes. The ostensible reason for the visit was to promote China’s peace plan for the war in Ukraine, but the outcome of…


Putin Says Russia Will Place Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Neighboring Country

A senior White House official on Sunday said that there is no indication that Russia will station nuclear weapons in nearby Belarus after Russian President Vladimir Putin made a public pledge to do so a day earlier “We have not seen any indication that he’s made good on this pledge, or moved any nuclear weapons…


CCP on a Diplomatic Offensive

Commentary The takeaway from a flurry of high-level meetings is that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping is happy to work with any country willing to let Beijing rewrite the international order. Since consolidating power last October, Xi has met with more than 25 heads of state. His recent negotiation of a peace deal…


White House, Experts Rebuke Sino-Russia Statement on Ukraine War

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are facing criticism over their reference to the U.N. Charter in their joint remarks on the Ukraine war, following their two-day talks in Moscow that ended on Tuesday. Xi arrived in Moscow on March 20, a trip that China’s state-run media had billed as a “peace…


Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi Trade Greetings, Praise at Kremlin Meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin met China’s leader Xi Jinping at the Kremlin on March 20, where they voiced their mutual admiration and praised their nations’ close relations. Xi arrived in Moscow earlier the same day for a landmark state visit, which is slated to last until March 22. Putin began the meeting by welcoming Xi…


As China’s Xi Arrives in Moscow, Experts Say Peace Efforts a Smokescreen

Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on March 20 for a three-day state visit to Russia during which he is slated to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The meeting comes as Russia slowly makes advances in its monthslong operation to capture the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut. The…


China’s Xi Arrives in Moscow for 3-day Visit, Echoes Russian Calls for ‘Multipolarity’

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on Mar. 20 for a three-day state visit to Russia during which he is slated to hold landmark talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Upon his arrival, Xi told reporters that Moscow and Beijing sought to act in tandem to “uphold the UN-centric international system” and…