As Russia’s military last week launched globe-spanning drills widely seen as a show of strength directed at the United States, President Vladimir Putin made clear which country he sees as standing by Moscow’s side.
In an opening video address, Putin said 15 “friendly” nations would observe what Moscow claimed were some 90,000 troops and more than 500 ships and aircraft mobilized for the largest such exercises in 30 years.
But only China would take part alongside Russia, according to Putin.
“We are paying special attention to strengthening cooperation with our friendly countries. This is especially important today amid rising geopolitical tension around the world,” the Russian leader said.
Dubbed “Ocean-2024,” the seven days of drills that ended Monday are the latest in a recent slew of military exercises and joint patrols between Russia and China that come on the heels of vows from Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to tighten military cooperation, even as the Kremlin wages its war against Ukraine
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@7XCVS5XRepublican2yrs2Y
China and Russia’s economies couldn’t handle world war. Both would collapse quickly. Russia is struggling with Ukraine and China can’t take Taiwan. Fighting America and our allies would be far worse.
Right after Trump loses the election, Putin will end the war; if not, the war will end Putin. His only hope right now is Trump winning the election and working overtime to Make Russia Great Again.
@LegislativeTimForward2yrs2Y
It makes no difference of what China and Russia says or does. When it is all said and done I’m going to that care of the problem with the so called leadership in those countries and there is nothing the senseless so called leaders in those nations can do about it, not even as an aggregate. Why? Because I said so…
I have said this for so long Western Liberial Democracies never ever should have engaged in Trade, Investment with Authoritarian Autocracies
They simply cannot co exists Axis and Allies it matters not what ethnicity were talking about German, Italian, Japanese Russian, Chinese or Even Arab remember Saddam and Kuwaiti.
Authoritarian Autocracies will always get militant to aquire more land and resources and annex more sovereign nations.
Never in the history of mankind has there ever been a peaceful "lets get along" Authoritarian Autocracy and the only thing that keeps them at bay is strong alliances and strong militaries
Investing and Trading with these Authoritarian Autocracies only funds there future annexation of other people. You would think we have enough history to empirically prove that what is wrong with people
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