Putin meets Chinese premier as relations deepen

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese premier Li Qiang on Wednesday, hailing growing trade relations as Moscow becomes increasingly dependent on Beijing for political and economic support. “Our trade relations are developing, developing successfully… the attention that the governments of the two countries on both sides are paying to trade and economic ties is yielding results,” Mr Putin said at the meeting in the Kremlin. Advertisement He also said that Russia and China have developed “large-scale plans” for economic and other projects. “Chinese-Russian relations are at an unprecedentedly high level,” said Mr Li, who earlier had met with his...