Russia has big problems: why Xi Jinping refused to participate in the G20 summit with Putin

Putin will speak at the G20, Xi Jinping will not attend / Collage 24 Channel

Joe Biden and Xi Jinping simultaneously refused to participate in the G20 virtual summit. Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak there.

Political scientist Valentin Gladkikh explained on Channel 24 that despite China’s connection with Russia, Xi Jinping’s position is not reassuring for Russians. And this once again confirmed the refusal of the PRC leader to participate in the virtual G20 summit, where Putin will speak.

What is China up to?

While Joe Biden's refusal to participate in the virtual forum is not surprising, the same cannot be said about the decision of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Just a month ago, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping met in Beijing on the sidelines of the One Belt, One Road forum. After this, Russia boasted of its “strong friendship” with China.

In practice, however, it does not appear that things are going as well as the Russians thought.

China is not interested in strengthening Russia. China is interested in weakening Russia, because as a result of the war against Ukraine, Russia actually found itself in colonial dependence on China, and even on India. The position of the United States and China in this is indicative,” Valentin Gladkikh emphasized.

It is possible that at a recent meeting, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping seriously discussed the Russia problem and, perhaps, agreed on something during the conversation.

“This is not about the future of Ukraine, but about the future of the post-Russian space, how spheres of influence will be divided there. China fears that as a result of the weakening or disappearance of Russia, anti-Chinese sentiment will increase, Europe and the United States, on the contrary, that China will strengthen, creating additional threats,” the political scientist noted .

However, the United States, Europe and China have a common fear: that as a result of the weakening or collapse of Russia, destructive, terrorist entities will form there. There is a threat that radical religious groups may spread in many of the current republics of Russia.

Valentin Gladkikh on the refusal of China and the United States to participate in the G20 summit: watch the video

Nobody benefits from Russia's victory

“Of course, we have to take this into account. But I emphasize that no one in the world is interested in strengthening Russia. At best, they passively observe this or indirectly help so that Russia does not collapse before they come to an agreement among themselves,” Gladkikh emphasized. .

No country has the desire to help Russia so much that it wins the war against Ukraine. Or at least came out of the war stronger.

The position of the United States and China in this aspect is indicative. Moreover, after the meeting of the leaders of these states. This is very significant and gives us reason to assume that they may have reached a certain consensus on the future of the post-Russian space. – the political scientist summed up.

Putin spoke at the G20: what is known

• On Wednesday, November 22, the G20 summit is being held online. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed a desire to speak on the sidelines of the summit for the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion. As already stated, neither the leader of China nor the leader of the United States joined the meeting.
• Vladimir Putin had not yet begun his speech when he became embarrassed. cynical statement. He called the events in Ukraine a tragedy that must be stopped. The dictator also said that Russia has never refused peace negotiations with Ukraine.
• The adviser to the head of the OPU, Mikhail Podolyak, has already responded to this statement. He said that Putin is once again distorting reality, although he is well aware of his actions. And to stop the tragedy in Ukraine, Russia simply needs to withdraw its troops from our territory, although Putin will never get to that point.