After Trump, Putin next? Putin to visit China very soon, Russia says

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China very soon and preparations for the trip are already complete, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

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14 May 2026 at 12:02:00

After Trump, Putin next? Putin to visit China very soon, Russia says

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Yegor Kovalchuk on his appointment as acting governor of the Bryansk region, in Moscow, Russia May 13, 2026.

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MOSCOW- Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China very soon and preparations for the trip are already complete, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met more than 40 times over the years, most recently in Beijing last September.

The two men signed a "no limits" strategic partnership in February 2022, less than three weeks before Russia went to war in Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump is visiting China this week.

-Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Editing by Mark Trevelyan/Reuters