Xi snubbed Putin after their summit, calling a meeting of Central Asian countries as part of an audacious power play

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

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After calling the Russia-Ukraine war a 'territorial dispute,' DeSantis says Putin is a 'war criminal' and 'basically a gas station with a bunch of nuclear weapons'

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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida at a news conference in Miami, Fla., on January 26, 2023.

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Cursing Putin, top Ukrainian officials said peace talks with him are 'impossible' and that 'such evil' can only be crushed by force

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Xi's visit to Russia was humbling for Putin and showed how much China is dominant, experts say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's leader, Xi Jinping, at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

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Days after Putin's dead-of-night trip to a city far from the front, Zelenskyy visited the heart of the bloodiest fighting in Ukraine

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A split image showing Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) visiting different regions in Ukraine over the past week.
A split image showing Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) visiting different regions in Ukraine over the past week.

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Putin claimed the UK is ramping up nuclear tensions by sending Ukraine depleted uranium armor-piercing shells. The UK says that's nonsense.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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A woman heckled Putin, shouting 'it's not real!' during his dead-of-night propaganda trip to Mariupol, and state media didn't catch it before the video aired

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In this photo taken from video released by Russian TV Pool on Sunday, March 19, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with local residents during his visit to Mariupol in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, Ukraine.
In this photo taken from video released by Russian TV Pool on Sunday, March 19, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with local residents during his visit to Mariupol in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, Ukraine.

China doesn't want Russia to 'go down in flames' in Ukraine because they need Putin to 'foil' US power, White House official says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.

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Putin has 'aggressively' tried to make China his ally because Russia is running out of ammo in Ukraine, a White House official said

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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks on the phone as part of a nationwide charity campaign, in Moscow on January 3, 2023.

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Photos from Putin's big meeting with China's Xi show no absurdly long tables but feature unexpectedly giant flags

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

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