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Putin is said to be in the "most challenging period" of his nearly 30 years in power amid claims he has become increasingly isolated and paranoid as the conflict grinds on

The back-to-back visits are being seen as more than merely diplomacy. They carry a message from President Xi Jinping that China is a country everyone must engage with and not one that depends on any single power.

Observers noted one key difference between Vladimir Putin's welcome in Beijing and Donald Trump's arrival days earlier as it was suggested the US president was greeted by a less powerful official

On the surface, Chinese leader Xi Jinping's back-to-back summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin looked pretty similar, with formal handshakes in Beijing's Tiananmen Square,

For Putin, it was his 25th official visit to China. The trip was intended to further consolidate the China-Russia strategic alignment amid global uncertainty. Putin was also keen to secure China’s continued economic lifeline and diplomatic cover as its war with Ukraine grinds on.

As U.S. fuel prices hover near multi‑year highs, Russia is boasting that its domestic market is “fully supplied” and shielded from shortages, mocking President Trump while Americans pay far more at the pump.