Tue, 07/25/2023 - 20:21 Tech Insider Politics Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, gestures while speaking to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 16, 2022.Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo/Associated Press, File Tags Military & Defense, politics, News, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Russia, China, Ukraine War Source China is showing up big for Russia but a Cold War historian says Putin is makin…