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Analysis: Putin promises Xi to 'fight for five years' in Ukraine (asia.nikkei.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

During a meeting in Moscow back in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that Russia "will fight for [at least] five years" in Ukraine, sources have revealed.

This was apparently Putin's way of summarizing a situation that at the time was not favorable to Russia and assuring Xi that Russia would emerge victorious in the end.The likely implication was that a protracted war would favor China's well-armed partner.

Taken another way, the remark was also a warning to Xi not to change his pro-Russia stance.

The trip was Xi's first to Russia after Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It was also the first time Xi visited a leading nation after China lifted its strict zero-COIVD policy.

Whether Xi was convinced, Putin's remark at the summit holds the key to understanding a series of mysterious developments in Russia-China relations, from a Chinese peace mission to Europe in May to China sacking its foreign minister months later.

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[–] pelespirit 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Am I understanding the article correctly (especially italics) when I say the following?:

Putin & Xi agree to be bff
Putin between Olympics and Paraolympics invades Ukraine without telling him. Xi knew he was up to something, but didn't know the timing or severity.
Putin fails at getting it over with quickly like he had planned. He bragged that it would take 3 days.
Ukraine gets international support and good will while taking back some areas.
Putin's hired assassin's leader betrayed him and tried a coup.
Putin says he'll last through 5 years of fighting though.
Putin keeps trying to get Ukraine to do a cease fire as long as he keeps Crimea. Ukraine doesn't believe that he'll cease fire or stop at Crimea
China doesn't believe he'll last that long so they're trying to make peace with all sides.
China now thinks the Ukraine thing is interfering with him invading Taiwan.
Everyone doesn't know how to react with their weapons because it's taking so long.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the most competent summary of Siberian geopolitics, ANY geopolitics,I have ever seen in my entire life.

[–] pelespirit 12 points 1 year ago

Thanks man. In all fairness, it's all about the wants and needs and the article explained what they were. Usually, they don't.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 6 points 1 year ago

Actually… pretty much, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

But given Putin's words to Xi in March, revealed by multiple sources familiar with diplomatic maneuvering between China and Russia, the Russian leader's reported intentions for a cease-fire should not be taken at face value.

If the war between Russia and Ukraine grows more prolonged, it would significantly impact plans and ambitions Xi has for his unprecedented third term as China's president and Chinese Communist Party general secretary.

To make matters worse, less than a month later, in June, Wagner, the Russian private military organization led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who held the key to fighting in Ukraine, launched a short-lived rebellion, giving Putin a close call.

It is important to keep in mind that conversations between the Chinese and Russian leaders in 2023, especially Putin's March remark about prolonging the Ukraine war, can have ramifications on the security of Japan and the entire Indo-Pacific region.

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[–] HootinNHollerin 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"It’s not gay if it’s pronounced 'she'" - putin, probably