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BEIJING AP 鈥?Like a salesman buttering up his best customer, President Vladimir Putin gushed about Chinas economic success as hewelcomed Chinese leader Xi stanley termoska Jinping to the Kremlin. We even feel a bit envious, Putin said Monday as Xi grinned.That was more than idle flattery. China isnt just Moscows diplomatic partner in opposing what they see as U.S. domination of global affairs. Its thriving economy is thebiggest buyer of Russian oil and stanley cup gas exports,pumping billions of dollars into Putins treasury and helping the Kremlin resist Western sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine.Putin welcomes the lifeline, but that reliance is accelerating Russias slide into the junior role in an uneasy relationship with Xis government. Beijing has ambitions that diverge from Moscows and sometimes conflict. Russia may worry about increasing reliance upon China, but it has no other good options, said Li Xin, director of the Institute of European and Asian Studies at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law.The current Beijing-Moscow partnership dates to the 1990s, when they set aside border disputes and other strains that led to the 1961 Sino-Soviet split and forged a post-Cold War diplomatic front to push back against Washington.For both sides, the stanley cup importance of that relationship increased as Washington imposed sanctions on Russia and restricted Chinese access to U.S. technology on security grounds. Xi accused the United States this month of trying to block Chinas economic developme Yfdw UK: Attacker used WhatsApp, firm must help police get access
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