Putin flaunts alliance with Xi as 'dear friends' meet in Kremlin

Medvedev say arrest of Putin ,will result in a nuclear attack

Of course he will flaunt anyone who supports him, especially a man with such power in the world.

Zelensky has turned mad, I think because he feels invincible with the support of the West, which is actually quite small in a conflict of this size. He’s running out of men, turning to press ganging men on the streets with his thugs.

Putin is merely saying, ‘Oi Zelensky, I’ve got mates too’. All’s fair in love and war

2 mentally ill and dishonest men and who care nothing about the deaths of innocents, whatever lies comes out of their poisoned mouths. A ceasefire is needed and an end to this madness and slaughter of so many.

White House spokesman John Kirby said Xi should use his influence to press Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine, and Washington was concerned that Beijing might instead call for a ceasefire that would let Russian troops stay.

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In fact, Kirby has stated that a ceasefire would be “unacceptable”

Somehow a ceasefire would allow Russia an advantage is the rationale?

What if the civilians suffering, dying and families ripped apart?

Yes, an end to killing and bloodshed and bombing is not what the US wants.

2 mentally ill and dishonest men and who care nothing about the deaths of innocents, whatever lies comes out of their poisoned mouths.

Yes Steve, mentally ill is when you want the invaders to leave your country.

A ceasefire is needed and an end to this madness and slaughter of so many.

A ceasefire on who's terms? Russia's? I think not.

What if the civilians suffering, dying and families ripped apart?

Are you referring to the Ukrainian people, of which the vast majority of Ukrainians support fighting until they retake all of the illegally annexed territory? You'll have to forgive me for not believing you actually care about the civilians suffering in Ukraine.

Putin flaunts alliance

That's not news; it's opinion.

While I have no respect for Putin, news stories are increasingly being embedded with opinionated expressions. Just tell us what he did. We can form our own opinions.

The problem would be calling for a ceasefire without withdrawing all troops from Ukraine. China's peace point #1 is about respecting territorial integrity. Russia obviously has not done this, so what is the basis for peace?

This is just two bullies saying the smaller kid should give up their lunch money to avoid a beating.

In fact, Kirby has stated that a ceasefire would be “unacceptable”

Somehow a ceasefire would allow Russia an advantage is the rationale?

What if the civilians suffering, dying and families ripped apart?

Yes, an end to killing and bloodshed and bombing is not what the US wants.

There's the criminal pair. It's a shame Xi can be an indicted co-conspirator.

Card fan

Zelensky is as off his trolley as much as Putin, if he had the aforementioned mans resources and power who knows what terror he would inflict on innocent Russians. This is a long ongoing conflict, as far as the leaders go, neither is innocent.

In fact, Kirby has stated that a ceasefire would be “unacceptable”

Somehow a ceasefire would allow Russia an advantage is the rationale?

Yes, it would. Russia hasn't been hobbled by attacks on its civilian infrastructure. Also we know Russia isn't true to its word and will restart the war when it is ready.

Yes, an end to killing and bloodshed and bombing is not what the US wants.

I'll remind people as many times as it takes that Kirby doesn't have to qualify everything all of the time just to keep talking points out of the hands of apologists.

Zelensky has turned mad, I think because he feels invincible with the support of the West, which is actually quite small in a conflict of this size. He’s running out of men, turning to press ganging men on the streets with his thugs. 

Is that the step before going recruiting in prisons like Russia is?

Putin is merely saying, ‘Oi Zelensky, I’ve got mates too’. All’s fair in love and war

Putin's "mate" pretends like he isn't in this war. At least until it is proven otherwise.

2 mentally ill and dishonest men and who care nothing about the deaths of innocents, whatever lies comes out of their poisoned mouths. A ceasefire is needed and an end to this madness and slaughter of so many.

Much like in WW2, sometimes advocating for neutrality is the morally inferior position.

Zelensky is as off his trolley as much as Putin,

lol No Steve, he's not "off his trolley" and it's silly to even try and compare the two. One man is trying to illegally take over a country, and the other is trying to keep his country from being taking over. Amazing that just seems to fly over the head's of some.

if he had the aforementioned mans resources and power who knows what terror he would inflict on innocent Russians.

Well good thing he doesn't have the resources and manpower to do so. All in all a despicable defense of the Putin regime. The two sides are not the same.

Zelensky is as off his trolley as much as Putin, if he had the aforementioned mans resources and power who knows what terror he would inflict on innocent Russians. This is a long ongoing conflict, as far as the leaders go, neither is innocent.

Sooo, the hypothetical war crimes of Zelensky are equivalent to the extensively documented war crimes of Putin? Not exactly a winning argument.

the US and its lapdogs are just getting more and more desperate with their claims. Yeh like a few Ukrainians with goggles and snorkels on a yacht blew up the Nord stream...Alot of people aren't silly enough to believe this Ra Ra the US is the best in the west baloney anymore! WMDs anyone?? The US is just a corrupt shell run by self interested politicians and the moneyed interests paying their bills!

The ICC has lost all credibility after this ludicrous ruling. I mean Kim jong un is OK but Putin isn't?? Funny I thought the US didn't recognize the ICC anyway??

The Chinese leader has been trying to portray Beijing as a potential peacemaker in Ukraine, as he deepens economic ties with his closest ally.

I believe Russia and China are working on a peace deal between Syria and Turkey and then Xi asks “so how are things in Ukraine?” I don’t think it’s “Good seeing ya. Let’s end this war. What can we do?”

the US and its lapdogs are just getting more and more desperate with their claims. Yeh like a few Ukrainians with goggles and snorkels on a yacht blew up the Nord stream...Alot of people aren't silly enough to believe this Ra Ra the US is the best in the west baloney anymore! WMDs anyone?? The US is just a corrupt shell run by self interested politicians and the moneyed interests paying their bills!

Any thoughts on the corruption in Russia? Let's not pretend like you care about corruption, freedom, or democracy. What does America have to do with this article.

The ICC has lost all credibility after this ludicrous ruling. I mean Kim jong un is OK but Putin isn't?? Funny I thought the US didn't recognize the ICC anyway??

And maybe the fact that the US isn't part of ICC should give you pause before making such a ridiculous comment, but no.

Let's see, where to begin...

Yeh like a few Ukrainians with goggles and snorkels on a yacht blew up the Nord stream...

Soooo, the educated reader would deduce that Ukraine wasn't involved and ya gonna have to come up with some hard evidence if you wanna point the finger at someone else.

Alot of people aren't silly enough to believe this Ra Ra the US is the best in the west baloney anymore! WMDs anyone?? The US is just a corrupt shell run by self interested politicians and the moneyed interests paying their bills!

Sounds like somebody has a serious case of envy.

The ICC has lost all credibility after this ludicrous ruling. I mean Kim jong un is OK but Putin isn't??

Kim Jong Un has never been at war. It would be pretty tough to get some hard evidence that the people are being starved to death on purpose.

Funny I thought the US didn't recognize the ICC anyway??

And there we have the non-sequitur to finish it off.

Неформальная встреча президента России Владимира Путина и председателя КНР Си Цзиньпина в Кремле завершилась, сообщает «РИА Новости». Переговоры продлились четыре с половиной часа.

Китайский лидер 20 марта прилетел в Москву, его визит продлится три дня. Это первая зарубежная поездка Си Цзиньпина после нового переизбрания на пост председателя страны.

The first meeting of this 3 day trip was 4.5 hours. First trip for Xi after re-election.

For the envy and resentment of the decadent west, in especially the drama queen US..

These are the two most powerful men in the world and their alliance will bring us to a new free multipolar world..

The future will be RED..

For the envy and resentment of the decadent west, in especially the drama queen US..

Ah yes, the world envies Russia. :D

These are the two most powerful men in the world and their alliance will bring us to a new free multipolar world..

A yes, Russia and China, certainly are known for their "freedom." :D

The future will be RED..

lol Yes, Russia is very communist. Brilliant.

There’s a very fine line between Xi and Putin.

These are the two most powerful men in the world and their alliance will bring us to a new free multipolar world.. 

It is A powerful man and his dog he is taking for a walk presumably. FTFY.

@Tokyo?living their alliance will bring us to a new free multipolar world..

That might have a tiny bit of believability to some, if Russia and China could have ever been be shown to be 'free' counties. Russians and Chinese throughout history have settled in countries far from their birth place in pursuit of freedom. Many Russians have recently fled the Russian Federation in search of freedom.

In the Kremlin? I thought Putin was in Mariupol. Of course, we all know that Putin's body double went to Mariupol and not Putin himself.

Two authoritarian, democracy-hating, anti-freedom despots.

It won't happen overnight, but eventually these two scum are going to be put up against a wall by the Chinese and Russian people. It's how most despots usually end up.

In the Kremlin? I thought Putin was in Mariupol. Of course, we all know that Putin's body double went to Mariupol and not Putin himself.

The Putin guy in Mariupol had a large double chin which the real Putin does not have.

Russia and China could have ever been be shown to be 'free' counties. 

Free from a unipolar world is how I read that and not a reference to the people. Countries would be free to join the US or apply to join BRICS like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Mexico or play the field like Japan.

The Incompetence of the US foreign policy is uniting all of our enemies against us.

seeing as we have most of our money and weapons to Ukraine and so did most of our allies, not sure we can fight 4 wars at once.

dangerous times when Russia and China are buddies with NK and Iran waiting for their turn to join the festivities.

apply to join BRICS like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Mexico

What's there to the application? It's literally just not giving a damn about who you do business with. Also Mexico said Russia should take a hike out of Ukraine.

Countries would be free to join the US or apply to join BRICS like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Mexico or play the field like Japan.

How is that different from today?

The Incompetence of the US foreign policy is uniting all of our enemies against us.

Enemies like? Russia and China? Iran and North Korea?

dangerous times when Russia and China are buddies with NK and Iran waiting for their turn to join the festivities.

Would have been great to have a treaty in place preventing Iran from enriching uranium, if you want to talk "incompetence."

Would have been great to have a treaty in place preventing Iran from enriching uranium, if you want to talk "incompetence."

Yep another foreign policy failure for the current guy. This administration can’t negotiate anything due to lack of credibility and ability.,

“Iran nuclear deal is 'dead', claims US President Joe Biden”

Yep another foreign policy failure for the current guy. This administration can’t negotiate anything due to lack of credibility and ability.,

lol Nope. Who was the moron he got rid of it in the first place? Tell me more about incompetence.

2 mentally ill and dishonest men and who care nothing about the deaths of innocents, whatever lies comes out of their poisoned mouths.

You should be referring to Putin and Xi, then I would agree with you 100%.

If Ukraine agrees to Xi's peace deal, they lost a lot of their country.

If Ukraine disagrees and continues fighting, Xi will probably send weapons to the little war criminal in the Kremlin.

This is not a peacemaker but a villain of peace.

And China wants to be the world leader? Ewww! What a trashy and ugly looking world that would be!

There has been more than 2 years to renegotiate a better one.

if Iran is refusing it means they have always had no intention of abiding by it in the first place.

so Russia, China, NK and Iran all against this incompetent US “leadership”. India also kind of on the fence these days.

Really dangerous meeting that the US team is taking with zero seriousness.

There has been more than 2 years to renegotiate a better one.

Gee, it sure would have been nice if the Trump administration thought about having a new deal in place before shredding the one in place. That's pretty incompetent.

if Iran is refusing it means they have always had no intention of abiding by it in the first place.

Lol what? We were the ones who broke the deal. Not Iran. Why would Iran trust the US after the Trump administration unilaterally shredded the existing one?

so Russia, China, NK and Iran all against this incompetent US “leadership”. India also kind of on the fence these days.

Ah so Russia is the bad guy here, and you want Ukraine to negotiate with them, which only strengthens their hand. Makes a lot of sense.

Multi-polar world prevails

Or are my words so powerful and dangerous that you are compelled to reply to protect team liberal from having a chance to hear what I say without you immediately jumping in?

Instead of “powerful” and “dangerous” correct them “incorrect” and “misleading” and you’ll probably have your answer…

Yep another foreign policy failure for the current guy. This administration can’t negotiate anything due to lack of credibility and ability.,

You know what's worse than not negotiating effectively?

"I have President Putin, he just said it’s not Russia. I will say this, I don’t see any reason why it would be.”

TaiwanIsNotChinaToday  10:01 am JST

What's there to the application? It's literally just not giving a damn about who you do business with.

You mean like the US and Saudi Arabia....yeh I know what's a few murdered journalists and "dissenters" between friends....

Xi may have an eye on that juicy part of Manchuria that the Soviets stole from China. after all, Putin isn't the only nutter in town who wants his old empire back.

In the meantime China can milk Russia for cheap resources and watch it get weaker and weaker.

China isn't Russia's ally in the long term, it's their rival.

Multi-polar world prevails

Ya know, an honest assessment would tell you the following: there are two poles in the world today, the US and China and the US is far wealthier per capita. If you're hoping for Russia to be resurgent again, you're going to be waiting a long time for Russia to gain x10 its gdp.

You mean like the US and Saudi Arabia....yeh I know what's a few murdered journalists and "dissenters" between friends....

How much oil does the US use from Saudi Arabia? The US' list of favored dictators is like 1. Russia's is like dozens including Iran which is just as bad as SA.

Blaming the Biden administration for not fixing Trump's incompetent foreign policy decisions is just silly.

Wouldn’t that be the entire reason they exist? To correct things the previous people did?

or just do nothing and blame others is the job description? If so they doing GREAT.

China's peace plan was derived and written on paper from the idea of Henery Kissinger. The West should feel happy and applauding China's efforts of bring peace to Ukraine.

Wouldn’t that be the entire reason they exist? To correct things the previous people did?

It's kinda hard to fix after Trump screwed up so badly. Not only did he unilaterally tear up the agreement that Iran was following, they then went and assassinated one of the Iranian leaders.

Also, I'd like to point out:

if Iran is refusing it means they have always had no intention of abiding by it in the first place.

Then it's pretty funny to blame Biden administration "incompetence." Lol

today they will talk about peace plan.

multipolar world still exists dear USA.

China and Russia are not just friends but IRON BROTHERS fought in the same trench. In Stalin/Mao days: Soviet Union, China, North Korea together we fought the US & her puppet armies in the Korean war. Chinese,North Koreans fought on the ground, Soviet pilots flew fighter jets in the air. Together the three countries stopping hostile forces marching to Yalu river.

So, the Chinese peace plan is essentially what the US agreed was reasonable TWICE, but the US has dictated it is unacceptable.

Why?

Possibly because between China and Russia, the US and Zelensky's regime would have to actually live up to the terms.

The US focus is on totally insignificant things while all of this danger is happening right in front of their face.

not even on the main page of several US “news sites”

Together the three countries stopping hostile forces marching to Yalu river.

After their puppet got stomped for doing stupid stuff yeah.

China and Russia are not just friends but IRON BROTHERS fought in the same trench.

That's why they fought together in the Sino-Vietnam war, right? :-)

The US focus is on totally insignificant things while all of this danger is happening right in front of their face.

And yet you want the US to stop providing Ukraine with weapons so they'll be forced to negotiate with Russia. Do you think that'll do anything but help Russia? I certainly don't.

So, the Chinese peace plan is essentially what the US agreed was reasonable TWICE, but the US has dictated it is unacceptable. 

Why?

Possibly because between China and Russia, the US and Zelensky's regime would have to actually live up to the terms.

Sigh. So much nonsense. Let's go with Article 1 of the China plan: Russia should withdraw from Ukraine. Still waiting on that.

I do find it painfully obvious that even tho the almighty US military has 750 military bases overseas its still desperately attempting to achieve dominance.

It's a bit pathetic to say the least.

I'll take that as an acknowledgement that we don't spend enough of defense. In any event, pathetic is losing to No. 40 on the military expenditure list with no navy or air force.

A ceasefire needs to be achieved in Ukraine.

I sincerely doubt Ukraine can push the Russian forces out and reclaim annexed territory including crimea.

If zelensky thinks we all should go to ww3 because of the Ukraine situation then he's as much a part of the problem and not part of a solution.

Russia isn't going to stop fighting.

Without help Ukraine cant continue fighting - thus the situation will escalate.

A Russian withdrawal needs to be achieved in Ukraine.

I sincerely doubt Russia can subjugate Ukraine completely.

If Putin thinks we should all go to ww3 because of the Ukraine situation then he's as much a part of the problem and not part of a solution

Ukraine isn't going to stop fighting.

Without Chinese shells Russia can't continue fighting - thus the situation will escalate.

Without help Ukraine cant continue fighting - thus the situation will escalate.

Escalate how? A war? Already happening. Rolling over for Russia will only lead to my aggression further on down the line.

When after 1991

NATO go to east - it was a war declaration against Russia.

Ukrainian was stupid enough to welcome this war Into their own home.

It was the first trip abroad for Xi since he obtained an unprecedented third term last month.

Unfortunately Japane can't be such a good friend to Russia.

But each nation make it's own choice.

Putin could just declare a ceasefire today.

Putin could just declare a ceasefire today.

thats “unacceptable” to the US overlords paying for this war- didn’t you hear?

> wallace

Putin could just declare a ceasefire today.

He did it on Orthodox Christmas.

Ukrainians were not interested

When after 1991

NATO go to east - it was a war declaration against Russia.

Then Russia should have declared war in 1991. In fact why did they bother letting the people in the Soviet Union live free as opposed to slaves?

Quite pathetic. Reminds me of another chap on here who complains about being replied to on a public forum.

Yeah 14 consecutive replies to me and only me is totally the same thing.

Putin is getting back the Ukraine belongs to Russia. Sometimes the West brought up the great famine of Ukraine in 1930s, that's was totally ridiculous. It was a provocation of hatred between Slavic brother s, what does Stalin's faults has to do with today of post Soviet Union. Russia should learn the Chinese experience of dealing with the Westerners, the CHINESE gained huge money through exports to the west but we never trust a single word from them and we never honour a paragraph of statement, China is strong because the Chinese government is wise, that's what Russia lacking of !

Yes, instead of pretending to be civilized Russia was just a thug from 2000 on. Couldn't even pretend to be different.

if some of you talking abt UA what is happening there?

I have missed UA heroi news recently..did they surrounded Moscow already?

or at least planning?

davaite!

TaiwanIsNotChina

When after 1991

NATO go to east - it was a war declaration against Russia.

Then Russia should have declared war in 1991. 

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