Xi today from Putin, "great expectations" from the Russian-Chinese talks

MOSCOW - The presidents of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, a few hours before their meeting in Moscow, published parallel editorials in the press of their interlocutor - Putin in the People's Daily, Xi in the Rossiyskaya Gazeta - to underline their alliance strategy and explain what Putin called Beijing's "constructive role" in the "solution of the Ukrainian crisis". Russia has high expectations for the upcoming talks with China, and there is no doubt that they will give a powerful new impetus to relations. Russia has high expectations for the upcoming talks with China, and there is no doubt that they will give a powerful new impetus to relations, Putin's article "Russia and China - a partnership that looks to the future" says for the newspaper Chinese People's Daily, the official organ of the Communist Party of China. The text of the Russian president's article was reported on the Kremlin's website. The Russian leader is confident that the friendship and partnership between Moscow and Beijing will grow and strengthen, and Xi Jinping's visit will go in this direction.