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The Xi-Putin relationship - a strategic balancing act: Caution advised against assumptions of a shift in Chinese intentions

President Xi, having been re-confirmed as the Chinese leader of the Communist Party, made his first visit outside China to Moscow for three days in March 2023. This visit had very high symbolic importance. It came at a time when Putin became an indicted war criminal – making it much more difficult and dangerous for Putin to appear outside the Kremlin and his various dachas. He did not even welcome his "very good friend" Xi at the airport.