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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T05:26:54.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nVladimir Putin has made a landmark state visit to China, just as the Kremlin has warned of a \"catastrophic\" war with Nato.\n\nThe Russian President arrived in Beijing to dozens of cheering children, mere days after Donald Trump received a similar reception as he visited Xi Jinping.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nChina is Russia's largest trading partner, but Russia makes up only four per cent of China's international business.\n\nIn what marks the first and only foreign trip for an isolated Mr Putin this year, the Russian leader has travelled to Beijing in search of cash to prop up his war in Ukraine.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nWithout China's support, Russia would likely face a supply-line crisis - up to 90 per cent of its sanctioned technology imports and over half of its total imports come from Chinese suppliers.\n\nThe Chinese military band played the Russian, then Chinese national anthems as Mr Putin greeted President Xi for the pair's 40th meeting.\n\nThe two held a brief 15 minute talk, where Mr Putin told Mr Xi that Russia remains a \"reliable energy supplier\" amid rising concerns caused by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.\n\nThe pair are also set to discuss the Power of Siberia 2, a 1,600-mile gas pipeline which would cut from Russia, through Mongolia, and into China - adding 50 billion cubic metres of gas capacity to Chinese coffers.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Xi called for negotiations to end the Iran war, adding that the situation within the Middle East was now at a \"critical juncture\".\n\nThe Chinese leader had previously introduced a four-point proposal for \"maintaining and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East\" to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi last month.\n\nPresident Xi went on to say the international order is \"complex and volatile, with unilateral hegemony running rampant\", adding that Beijing and Moscow must build a \"more just and equitable global governance system\".\n\nThe Russian President invited his Chinese counterpart to Moscow next year and hailed relations which he claimed have helped \"global stability\".\n\n### READ MORE ON CHINA:\n\n\n\n\n  * Sadiq Khan blames Maga, Russia and China for 'lie' that London is in decline\n  * Donald Trump demands veto powers over Chinese or Russian investment in Greenland\n  * China changes Marco Rubio's NAME to avert diplomatic crisis during US visit to Beijing\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe pair have also extended the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, an agreement which outlines the relations between Beijing and Moscow - including on military cooperation and defence.\n\nBoth Mr Putin and Xi Jinping are set to sign a series of documents in an official ceremony later today.\n\nThese include a joint statement on strengthening the comprehensive partnership and a declaration of a new type of international relations.\n\nBut as the pair talked peace, Mr Putin's own ministers were issuing war warnings to the West.\n\nA direct clash between Russia and Nato would have \"potentially catastrophic consequences\", the Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state news agency TASS.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"As a result of this escalation of tensions, including blatantly provocative actions in the nuclear sphere, strategic risks are mounting, as is the danger of a head-on clash between Nato and our country, with all the potentially catastrophic consequences that would entail,\" he said.\n\nMr Ryabkov's warning comes as Russia has showed increasing signs it fears Ukrainian attacks.\n\nMoscow held a muted Victory Day Parade two weeks ago - amid fears Ukraine would strike the ceremony.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the reduced display was a sign of weakness, adding that Moscow \"fears drones may buzz over Red Square\".\n\nThen, Moscow itself was rocked by a wave of deadly Ukrainian drone attacks.\n\nAt least four people were killed, including three in the capital region, after Ukraine launched its biggest overnight drone attack on the heart of Russia in more than a year.\n\nRussia's ambassador to the UN claimed yesterday that Moscow had information that Ukraine planned to launch military drones from Latvia and other Baltic states.\n\nUkraine, meanwhile, blamed Russia for redirecting one of its drones into Estonian airspace where a Nato jet shot it down.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Vladimir Putin makes grovelling visit to China as Kremlin warns of 'catastrophic' war with Nato"
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