The 'Beggar' Putin Sells Natural Gas at a Low Price, while Xi 'squeezes Lemons' to Calculate Against Putin
In public, Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin frequently refer to each other as 'old friends' and sometimes intentionally cultivate a political image of 'brotherly friendship.'
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