Overview
- Putin landed in Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day state visit with Xi, days after U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit in the Chinese capital.
- The Kremlin says the agenda includes economic cooperation, new energy deals and a joint declaration promoting a “multipolar” world order.
- Advisers say Power of Siberia‑2 will get detailed review after disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a 2,600‑km route from Russia’s Yamal fields to China through Mongolia with pricing still unresolved.
- Putin arrived with senior ministers and top executives, including the chiefs of Rosneft and Gazprom, as both sides tout rising trade settled mostly in rubles and yuan.
- The welcome closely mirrored Trump’s pageantry, a signal analysts say is meant to project China’s central role and to show Washington it has other reliable partners.