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China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s signature policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, which over the past 10 years has built infrastructure across continents, burdening some smaller countries with debt

The Novaya Gazeta journalist offers brilliant, immersive bulletins from her homeland but doesn’t explain its return to totalitarian rule

Ties between Russia and China have deepened in recent years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad through its decade-old “Belt and Road” initiative

Putin is attending China’s Belt and Road summit for a third time but the meeting could be overshadowed by wars.

The war has proved costly for both Russia and Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a significant meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, garnering global attention. The visit aimed to underscore the profound mutual trust and unrestricted partnership between China and its colossal neighbor.

As the war enters its 601st day, these are the main developments.

Development drive’s forum will focus on poorer countries as Xi’s relations with the west become increasingly frosty

Conflict highlights growing gulf with west, as other big developing powers face difficult diplomatic choices

The Gulf country negotiated a mechanism to return Ukrainian children taken by Russians to their families.