Putin, Xi and Modi Meet for Shanghai Summit, Each Focused on Own Issues At a virtual summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the leaders of Russia, China and India each focused on their own driving issues.
A Distracted Russia Is Losing Its Grip on Its Old Soviet Sphere Russia’s domination of Central Asia and the Caucasus region is unraveling as the Kremlin focuses on the war in Ukraine — and border violence is flaring.
Xi Jinping Heads to Central Asia in First Foreign Trip Since 2020 Xi Jinping, who is expected to meet with Vladimir Putin, will seek to project confidence as a global statesman at a time of grave challenges at home.