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RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR Putin has accepted an invitation from his Chinese counterpart to visit China in October during the Belt and Road Summit. Speaking after a meeting with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in Moscow, Putin said Russia and China are “integrating our ideas of creating a large Eurasian space”, noting that China’s Belt and Road initiative is a part of that. The initiative is a huge programme in which Beijing has been expanding its influence in developing regions through infrastructure projects. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Putin has pivoted the country towards China, selling it more energy, and increasingly carrying...
