Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that it is not the skeptics, but the envious who talk about Russia’s dependence on China. According to him, the European economy is much more dependent on China than that of Russia. He said this on the air of the Russia 24 television channel in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin.
“They are not skeptics, but envious. For what? Because the dependence of, say, the same European economy on China is growing at a much faster rate than that of Russia, much more. Trade between China and Europe is growing at a very high rate. So it’s the other way around, let them think better about themselves,” Putin said, commenting on the reporter’s remarks that some “skeptics” are talking about Russia’s possible dependence on China. in the future.
The President of Russia noted that for decades there were many who wanted to pit China against the USSR and the Russian Federation.
In a conversation with a journalist, Putin also said that it is the West that is starting to build a new axis, similar to the one that was built by fascist Germany and militarist Japan.
At the same time, Putin said cooperation between Russia and China was “not a military alliance”.
“Peaceful China” or “enemy of Russia”: how Western media interpret Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow. Read in the material of the correspondent of “Paragraph” Arina Tkachuk.
Recall that the President of the People’s Republic of China arrived in Russia on the afternoon of March 20. At the same time, he had an informal meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, March 21, official talks took place between the Kremlin heads of state. They lasted over 6 hours.
At the state dinner on the second major day of his visit to Russia, Xi Jinping expressed his belief that China and Russia have set an exemplary example of the two great powers’ relations.
that Putin calls envious of those who predict Russia’s dependence on China
