Russian President Vladimir Putin said he plans to visit China in May, in what could become the first foreign trip for the Russian leader after he extended his rule by six more years in an election that offered voters little real choice. Putin’s inauguration is scheduled for May 7.
FILE - Russia n President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow , Russia , Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Putin said he plans to visit China in May, in what could become the first foreign trip for the Russia n leader after he extended his rule by six more years in an election that offered voters little real choice. Putin’s inauguration is scheduled for May 7.
Putin announced the plans for the visit at a congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow. He didn’t say when exactly it would take place and didn’t offer any other details. Putin’s inauguration is scheduled for May 7, Russian lawmakers said earlier this week. Last month, the 71-year-old Russian leaderhas made it increasingly reliant on China, its former rival for leadership of the Communist bloc during the Cold War., China has surged sales to Russia of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow in turn is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for use in the conflict.
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