Russia willing to 'soften the border' in exchange for China's support, political scientist says

As the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping wraps up, Tom Burges Watson speaks to political scientist Dr Una Aleksandra Berzina-Cerenkova, Head of the China Studies Centre at Riga Stardins University, about how far will Russia go to secure the support of Beijing.
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[@waynegore5291]

Anglo saxons still live in the world of dark past. Fortunately, the days are gone.

[@francoislechanceux5818]

Wow. I have never seen Putin sooooo beaten down. He has been humbled by the unnecessary war in Ukraine

[@frederikruis274]

Yes, he could have been such a wonderful St. Petersburg taxi driver.

[@liberty_and_justice67]

China reversing the “unequal treaties” with Russia. China will reclaim Russia’s Far East😂

[@nektoya8417]

Тебе так хочется в это верить😂 очень жаль что ты будешь разочарован😅

[@Liboch]

I think only some European countries take heed of the US requests, even if the requests are against their own interest. China, and any other descent countries, wouldn't give much of a hoot.

[@icu17siberia]

China seems to care a lot about US internal policy though....why?

[@Liboch]

@@icu17siberia I am not from China. From outside, I see America and Europe take much care about the internal policy of China, and of other countries. Regime change of another country by America is quite uncommon. America also seems to love people of China so much, imposing sanctions due to forced labour, mistreatment of people in Xinjiang, etc.

[@fredfrond6148]

@@Libochcountries in Africa, south east Asia and Western Asia all say that the Chinese show to do business and build infrastructure. The Americans show up to STOP the Chinese from doing business.

[@PlaYer-sn5or]

🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳 👏👏👏 Long live Russia and China Friendship!

[@happykitten5695]

Peace and LOVE

[@sourjasarkar7197]

Channel is naive no dought. Host informed or bais. But Russia hater for good pay cheque Provide baseless News All the best

[@abstractlizard9377]

poor grammar and spelling.

[@davidwolf8991]

@@abstractlizard9377 ...correlate with a low IQ.

[@AnneHeche-c2j]

these 2 old guys need to retire.

[@trevorsutherland5263]

Both years younger than either US Presidential candidate , LOL

[@AnneHeche-c2j]

@@trevorsutherland5263 lol

[@abrakkehakka1357]

Border infrastructure and policing is expensive. Not many understand that border control was the straw that collapsed the USSR. As will it contribute to a collapse of Russia. When communist Hungary couldn’t afford controlling its border, it asked the USSR for funds. The USSR, engaged in the costly arms race and an occupation in Afghanistan, couldn’t afford it either. This meant that the Berlin wall lost its function. The East Germans just traveled to Hungary and easily crossed into Austria… then hitchhiked to West Germany. So the wall was pointless and fell… as did communism and the USSR. This is just an early symptom for the inevitable collapse of Russia. Russia’s border towards NATO has already doubled. And the Russians taxpayers haven’t yet began to pay for the increased spendings needed. And if Russia in some way would be able to invade and occupy Ukraine, it will have tripled the border towards NATO. And Russia won’t be able to afford protecting its borders in the east towards hostile elements in Muslim world either… making it easy for ISIS and drugs (for the Russian war veterans) to enter. Add a costly and indefinite occupation of Ukraine if Russia would manage to invade it… Invasion is the easy and cheap part in comparison to an occupation. (Putin and the Russians likely believing that if they reach Kyiv, they have won, and the troops then just can leave. But no… instead there must be more troops added.) Plus a 20% of GDP cost for an arms race with the west. Because the NATO nations have a common GDP that is at least ten times larger than Russia’s. And they will soon spend more than 2% of their GDP on their defense. 2x10 = 20% to be able to keep up. Not 6% as is Putin’s too optimistic ambition. The USSR had to spend 17%. And we know how that ended: No money for border security, and the following collapse.

[@alexsilent5603]

USSR collapsed because of treason, not because of abstract things like GDP.

[@mrdarbab]

With fine linens from the east. Feels good on the feet. Thank you. Very caring gesture.

[@mswilliams.5109]

Wrong

[@MrBothandNether]

Land for weapons

[@stevenguyensn60]

Looks back China helper North side to win war over South Asia Vietnam

[@JOJO-ck7cm]

Who needs who more 😅😅😅 You people can nevee be happy for anybody .. it's always about you guys ...

[@peterwong4779]

Expanding NATO Military 12 -31 states to Russian doorstep,,,Buildup Russian strong and stronger,, as same time weaker and weaker EU… Poor EU taxpayers + More and More Ukrainian suffering 😢

[@stevenguyensn60]

Looks Russia China standing in winnings

[@ClannCholmain]

😂 Whatever happened to the hyper nationalist narrative?