Posted on 05/17/2024 6:47:19 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A vaunted 'new era' of strategic partnership between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Xi Jinping may not exactly have been sealed with a kiss, but it did lead to rare hugs between them.
Underscoring the importance of Xi's support for the Kremlin, Putin headed to Beijing earlier this week in what was his first trip abroad since his March re-election and the second in just over six months to China.
Russia, grappling with Western sanctions after its invasion of Ukraine, is increasingly reliant on its booming trade with China, which is challenging US supremacy in areas from quantum computing to espionage and hard military power.
And although President Xi, in keeping with the tenets of China's political culture, is not known for effusive displays of warmth, he gripped Putin tightly by the shoulders and pulled him in for a pair of firm, if awkward, hugs.
Footage from state broadcaster CCTV showing the leaders enjoying the uncharacteristic embrace in the evening air of the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in the Chinese capital as aides and officials fawned and clapped from the sidelines.
The cuddles came following an informal tea and dinner event last night considered to be the key session of Putin's two-day visit to China.
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Yeah, they all make that stupid, baseless accusation. It’s in the Zeeper Handbook. I believe they run the risk of getting their pay docked if they don’t harp on that B.S. prolifically enough.
I’ve seen his posts.
He is full on Russia Putin number one.
Oh, he is not. You zeeps accuse everyone who isn’t eager to have our tax dollars go unaudited to a known money laundering operation of being pro-Putin and pro-Russia.
Putin sucks. Zelensky sucks. Biden sucks. NATO is now just a grifting organization.
Y’all are nuts.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ygh5f-B99A
This is what I have always said.
The West and zElenskyy are lying about the number of Ukrainian dead, which is many orders higher than "30,000" of some months ago.
Why are they murdering young boys and girls on both sides, and lying about it?
The majority of the murdered people are on the Ukrainian side.
Indeed - nutters.
Every post he makes is pro-Russia.
“ Putin sucks. Zelensky sucks. Biden sucks. NATO is now just a grifting organization.”
Sure. (But only Putin started committing mass murder on a neighboring country. He caused it — including the opportunity to grift.)
But this Kirk guy does not agree Putin sucks. He worships him.
Thank God the repulsive pig doesn’t have to walk far to take a dump. He might burn off a calorie or two.
crap countries are much safer to walk on the streets at late evening than all of 25 largest cities in United States.
Is every American who hates burdening American youngsters and the future generations being saddled with National debt, by padding the national debt higher to protect borders of Ukraine , a communist lover?
finnegan is a Neocon in the mold of Lindsey Graham. He won’t go to war himself but has no problem sending other kids off to war.
You just make crap up and attempt ad hominem because you have nothing else.
How does your post respond to what I said in 52?
It doesn’t.
Please stop crying. Neocon isn’t an attack. It describes your foreign policy positions.
No.
And it’s an attempt to disrupt and avoid the topic.
Classic propaganda maneuver.
Explain why you support Chinese Communists?
We used to Freep Jiang Zemin.
You pledge loyalty to them. Along with Deep State, EU, globalist establishment.
And when pointed out, you say blathering nonsense.
We used to Freep Jiang Zemin.
You pledge loyalty to them.
What are you drinking tonight, finnegan?
Communist trolls, you for one, seem not to even know the difference between night and day.
I guess it was night where you are when you posted it.
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