Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)In this handout photo released by Russian Presidential Press Office, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Russian Presidential Press Office via AP)Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)In this grab taken from video provided by RU-24, China's President Xi Jinping stands, during an official welcome ceremony upon his arrival at the Vnukovo-2 government airport outside Moscow, Monday, March 20, 2023. (RU- 24 via AP)In this handout photo released by Russian Presidential Press Office, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, talk to each other during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Russian Presidential Press Office via AP)Chinese President Xi Jinping's motorcade drives toward The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo)Chinese President Xi Jinping's motorcade drives toward The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo)Chinese President Xi Jinping's motorcade drives from the Vnukovo-2 government airport outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo)In this grab taken from video, China's President Xi Jinping, left, speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Russian Pool via AP)A TV screen displays Chinese President Xi Jinping attending an official welcome ceremony upon his arrival at the Vnukovo-2 government airport outside Moscow, in a cafe in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo)Chinese President Xi Jinping's motorcade drives from the Vnukovo-2 government airport outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo)Chinese President Xi Jinping's motorcade drives from the Vnukovo-2 government airport outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo)In this grab taken from video provided by RU-24, China's President Xi Jinping disembarks his plane, upon his arrival at the Vnukovo-2 government airport outside Moscow, Monday, March 20, 2023. (RU- 24 via AP)In this grab taken from video, China's President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Russian Pool via AP)In this handout photo released by Russian Presidential Press Office, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, is welcomed by Commandant of the Moscow Kremlin Sergei Udovenko as he arrives for the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Russian Presidential Press Office via AP)Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Students and colleagues pay the last respect to volunteer soldier, Bizhan Sharopov, a PhD neurobiologist and professor at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, killed in battle with the Russian troops near Bakhmut during a farewell ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
