The Importance of Russia-Putin Relations

There's certainly a much closer partnership than anyone could have imagined 10 years ago. The fact that Putin and she have met each other as much as they've met any other world leader, not just since the war started, is really important. They've described each other as their best friends. But I think since the war, the relationship has shifted somewhat because Putin has no choice but to be friends with she. He's got no other friends. He's more reliant than ever on China, whereas China's in a good bargaining position. It knows that Russia's reliant. For China, this isn't a bad position to be in because Russia has very little room to bargain. When you talk about