“The Two Powerful Leaders Who Influence Russian President Vladimir Putin”

These names are on the air 24 channels named former SBU officer and expert of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future Ivan Stupak. He stressed that Putin is becoming more and more dependent on these two people every day.

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Who influences Putin

According to Ivan Stupak, now Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chinese President Xi Jinping can influence Putin. At least the Russian economy depends on them.

“Turkey helps to import the goods Russia needs. In China, Russia actively sells its oil, gas, timber and other materials and quietly replenishes its budget,” the speaker said.

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How to evaluate China’s policy

The latest development regarding the conversation between Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelensky has caused a lot of talk. However, Ivan Stupak stressed that all statements by China should be taken very carefully, because it is a country with “very subtle diplomacy.” Even the pauses between words play their role here.

A few weeks ago there was one statement from the Chinese ambassador to the EU, and a few days later China issued a statement – this is such rhetoric, do not pay attention to these words. That is, we should not deceive ourselves, but work towards attracting China to stop the war and its influence on Russia. It’s necessary,
the speaker said.

Relations between Russia and China: the latest

• China has stated that it does not support the war and does not recognize the occupation of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin tried to “whiten” Russia and show it as a “respected state”. But instead, he cursed the US and EU ambassadors and once again accused the West of war with Ukraine.
• Putin, by his actions, can drive himself into a hole even more. So, Chinese officials call the Kremlin head’s “boundless friendship” statement just rhetoric.
• China may take an ambiguous position in relations with Russia. It seeks to be a security belt for the aggressor country during its defeat. Xi Jinping is not interested in losing to Russia.