The writer is a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in BerlinRussian President Vladimir Putin is about to travel to China on his first foreign trip since securing another six years in the Kremlin. One of his main goals will be finding ways to minimise any disruption to the economic lifeline that China has given his embattled regime since the full-blown invasion of Ukraine. It is notable that during his cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, key officials for Sino-Russian relations remained in place. His new defence minister, Andrei Belousov, is an economist with deep ties to the Chinese leadership.
本文作者是柏林卡內基俄羅斯歐亞中心(Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center)研究員