Russia willing to 'soften the border' in exchange for China's support, political scientist says

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Ай бұрын

As the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping wraps up, Tom Burges Watson speaks to political scientist Dr Una Aleksandra Berzina-Cerenkova, Head of the China Studies Centre at Riga Stardins University, about how far will Russia go to secure the support of Beijing.
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@waynegore5291 Ай бұрын

Anglo saxons still live in the world of dark past. Fortunately, the days are gone.

@francoislechanceux5818 Ай бұрын

Wow. I have never seen Putin sooooo beaten down. He has been humbled by the unnecessary war in Ukraine

@frederikruis274 Ай бұрын

Yes, he could have been such a wonderful St. Petersburg taxi driver.

@happykitten5695 Ай бұрын

Peace and LOVE

@Liboch Ай бұрын

I think only some European countries take heed of the US requests, even if the requests are against their own interest. China, and any other descent countries, wouldn't give much of a hoot.

@icu17siberia Ай бұрын

China seems to care a lot about US internal policy though....why?

@Liboch Ай бұрын

@@icu17siberia I am not from China. From outside, I see America and Europe take much care about the internal policy of China, and of other countries. Regime change of another country by America is quite uncommon. America also seems to love people of China so much, imposing sanctions due to forced labour, mistreatment of people in Xinjiang, etc.

@fredfrond6148 Ай бұрын

@@Libochcountries in Africa, south east Asia and Western Asia all say that the Chinese show to do business and build infrastructure. The Americans show up to STOP the Chinese from doing business.

@PlaYer-sn5or Ай бұрын

🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳 👏👏👏 Long live Russia and China Friendship!

@liberty_and_justice67 Ай бұрын

China reversing the “unequal treaties” with Russia. China will reclaim Russia’s Far East😂

@nektoya8417 Ай бұрын

Тебе так хочется в это верить😂 очень жаль что ты будешь разочарован😅

@sourjasarkar7197 Ай бұрын

Channel is naive no dought. Host informed or bais. But Russia hater for good pay cheque Provide baseless News All the best

@abstractlizard9377 Ай бұрын

poor grammar and spelling.

@davidwolf8991 Ай бұрын

@@abstractlizard9377 ...correlate with a low IQ.

@abrakkehakka1357 Ай бұрын

Border infrastructure and policing is expensive. Not many understand that border control was the straw that collapsed the USSR. As will it contribute to a collapse of Russia. When communist Hungary couldn’t afford controlling its border, it asked the USSR for funds. The USSR, engaged in the costly arms race and an occupation in Afghanistan, couldn’t afford it either. This meant that the Berlin wall lost its function. The East Germans just traveled to Hungary and easily crossed into Austria… then hitchhiked to West Germany. So the wall was pointless and fell… as did communism and the USSR. This is just an early symptom for the inevitable collapse of Russia. Russia’s border towards NATO has already doubled. And the Russians taxpayers haven’t yet began to pay for the increased spendings needed. And if Russia in some way would be able to invade and occupy Ukraine, it will have tripled the border towards NATO. And Russia won’t be able to afford protecting its borders in the east towards hostile elements in Muslim world either… making it easy for ISIS and drugs (for the Russian war veterans) to enter. Add a costly and indefinite occupation of Ukraine if Russia would manage to invade it… Invasion is the easy and cheap part in comparison to an occupation. (Putin and the Russians likely believing that if they reach Kyiv, they have won, and the troops then just can leave. But no… instead there must be more troops added.) Plus a 20% of GDP cost for an arms race with the west. Because the NATO nations have a common GDP that is at least ten times larger than Russia’s. And they will soon spend more than 2% of their GDP on their defense. 2x10 = 20% to be able to keep up. Not 6% as is Putin’s too optimistic ambition. The USSR had to spend 17%. And we know how that ended: No money for border security, and the following collapse.

@alexsilent5603 Ай бұрын

USSR collapsed because of treason, not because of abstract things like GDP.

@mrdarbab Ай бұрын

With fine linens from the east. Feels good on the feet. Thank you. Very caring gesture.

@mswilliams.5109 Ай бұрын

Wrong

@user-do5qc5ov5l Ай бұрын

these 2 old guys need to retire.

@trevorsutherland5263 Ай бұрын

Both years younger than either US Presidential candidate , LOL

@user-do5qc5ov5l Ай бұрын

@@trevorsutherland5263 lol

@MrBothandNether Ай бұрын

Land for weapons

@stevenguyensn60 Ай бұрын

Looks back China helper North side to win war over South Asia Vietnam

@stevenguyensn60 Ай бұрын

Looks Russia China standing in winnings

@JOJO-ck7cm Ай бұрын

Who needs who more 😅😅😅 You people can nevee be happy for anybody .. it's always about you guys ...

@ClannCholmain Ай бұрын

😂 Whatever happened to the hyper nationalist narrative?

@peterwong4779 Ай бұрын

Expanding NATO Military 12 -31 states to Russian doorstep,,,Buildup Russian strong and stronger,, as same time weaker and weaker EU… Poor EU taxpayers + More and More Ukrainian suffering 😢