Putin offers brutal unified front, where they face Trump that cannot be predicted

President Vladimir F. Putin from Russia and Shi Jinping, the leader of China, their country as guardians of stability and historical memory on Thursday, at a meeting in Moscow a day before the celebration of the eighty anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

The leaders made public statements before talks in the Kremlin, which is part of a separate visit in a country organized by Moscow to Mr. Xi, its most important partner. The Chinese leader will also attend a military parade at Red Square on Friday.

Mr. Putin and Mr. Shi must deal with the inability to predict President Trump – the Russian President in talks on Ukraine and the Chinese leader in a trade -off trade war. Each of them sought to present their country as an alternative global powers looking to achieve what they call a more equal and multiple world.

Mr. Trump had used some of the same national grievance policy and misleading strategies that Mr. Putin and Mr. Shi used to consolidate their authority at home, but they failed to reach an agreement with any of the leader since his return to the White House. Speaking with Moscow War in Ukraine The fighting has not been curbed and the American officials are appointed Start commercial negotiations In Switzerland this week with their Chinese counterparts.

In Moscow, the summit occurred where Mr. Putin was scheduled to welcome what the Kremlin expected to be more than 25 world leaders in the Red Square celebrations. The “Who’s” guests include tyranny, with the presidents of Venezuela, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea and Bearus.

But none of the leaders is more important to Moscow than Mr. Shi.

Russia’s isolation from the West has increased due to its large -scale invasion of Ukraine significantly from Moscow’s dependence on Beijing. China has supported Mr. Putin’s military effort by buying Russian oil, providing the components of the double use of Russian equipment and replacing Western brands to leave with Chinese consumer goods. However, Beijing stopped interfering or public military support.

Mr. Shi described the relations between China and Russia today as “quieter, confident, firm and flexible” in his opening notes in the Kremlin.

He threw the leaders as defenders of the fair and fair world order. The sacrifices of their countries during World War II as a symbol of their strength today sparked a decline against “unilateral and bullying by powerful countries”, an unambiguous reference to the United States and their trade war against China.

The Soviet Union lost about 27 million people during the war, making the memory of the conflict one of the strongest emotional forces in Russian life.

Mr. Putin has dealt with that memory to activate his forces, falsely accused President Voludimir Zellinsky of Ukraine, a Jew, of reviving the Nazis. The Russian forces fighting in Ukraine were told that they must make sacrifices as their ancestors did during World War II to rid the world of a fascist threat again.

“Victory over the fascism, which was achieved at the expense of the huge sacrifices, is immortal importance,” Mr. Putin said to Mr. Xi before their talks.

Mr. Putin said that Russia and China are “firmly standing on the historical truth” and “protecting the anniversary of the events of the war years.” He said that the two countries “oppose the modern manifestations of the new and military Nazism,” in a clear reference to the Russian leader to the Crusader campaign against Ukraine and its Western supporters.

Moscow’s celebration of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany comes more than three years after Mr. Putin launched his full invasion of Ukraine and prepared the arrangement of Russian society with a level of repression, militarization and control of the official invisible accounts since the days of the Soviet Union.

Zixu Wang Contribute to the research from Hong Kong.