China’s economic support for Putin growing

China’s economic ties with Russia have helped limit the effect of punishing western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, a US intelligence report said on Thursday.

AFP reports that according to the intelligence, China “has become an even more critical economic partner for Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022”. The unclassified report was released by Democratic lawmakers.

“Beijing is pursuing a variety of economic support mechanisms for Russia that mitigate both the impact of western sanctions and export controls,” it says.