China and Russia will reach $300 billion, and experts point out that the premise: Putin must still be in the position.
Sino-Russian relations have always been a topic of concern in the international community.
Recently, Alexei Maslov, dean of the School of Oriental and African Studies at Moscow State University in Russia, said in an interview that the bilateral ** between China and Russia will break through the $300 billion mark, which means that China and Russia have established a comprehensive cooperative partnership in many fields such as the economy. But then some domestic experts pointed out that there must be a very important premise for the development of Sino-Russian relations, that is, Russia's ** is still Putin.
Not long ago, Putin announced his participation in the next election in Russia, but in terms of seniority, according to Russia's domestic prestige, no one can wrestle with Putin. If nothing else, Putin will be re-elected. So, what kind of impact will Putin's re-election have on China?
First, after taking office, Putin will certainly vigorously promote the development of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership. As far as China is concerned, if Putin ** and the direction of Russia's policy change drastically, then the form of China will be very critical. There are not only pro-Western parties in Russia, but also the Imperial Russian faction, one of which is too left and the other is too right, and it is not a good thing for China that they are in power. The pro-Western faction in Russia is very strong, such as Yeltsin before, who turned to the West in an all-round way, bringing disaster to the Russian economy. Putin was also inclined to the West when he was young, but NATO's expansion completely woke up Putin, NATO promised not to continue to expand, but it successively won Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the three Baltic countries, Finland, and also wooed Ukraine to join NATO, severe sanctions on Russia, a comprehensive blockade, and step by step, so Putin clearly realized that Western countries are not trustworthy, and the only thing worthy of Russia's trust is China, which is developing silently in the east.
As for the Imperial Russophobia in Russia, it is even more exaggerated. The imperial Russian faction has always believed that Putin is too gentle and should throw a nuclear bomb directly on Ukraine and gather a million troops to destroy Ukraine, this idea is too outrageous, once the imperial Russian faction comes to power and annexes Russia, its international status is equivalent to that of the Soviet Union in the last century, and there is a strong and aggressive enemy, which is by no means a good thing for Europe and China.
Putin is now a conservative and has a relatively moderate administrative hand, so he is able to reconcile the contradictions in his surroundings. Not long ago, Macron has said that as long as Putin is willing to negotiate, he will be invited to visit France. This sends a positive signal that Europe and Russia are not "old enemies" and that they have much to do with each other. If you want to prevent Ukraine from joining the treaty without tearing your face with European countries, it is impossible for the pro-Western parties and the imperial Russian faction to do it, and only Putin can do it.
Therefore, as long as Putin is still in power, there will be no changes in Sino-Russian energy cooperation and economic and trade cooperation. But if Putin is not Russia, it is difficult to say whether many engineering projects in China and Russia can continue to be carried out.
In a word, Putin is the anchor of Sino-Russian friendship, and as long as he is still in office, Sino-Russian friendship will continue and be strong. Only under Putin's leadership can Russia be relieved to carry out huge economic cooperation with China, which has become the ballast stone of Sino-Russian relations, so that no matter whether the future generations of Russia are imperial or pro-Western parties, Sino-Russian relations will not deviate.