Xi has consolidated this position that Great Power politics now must go through Beijing,” one expert tells TIME.

Vladimir Putin is living in fear. You may not realize it, as Russia’s leader tries desperately to project power to the world. But he knows that the war in Ukraine is lost, and he also realizes that something destructive and inevitable is closing in.

There was a telling moment on the second day of Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. America’s president was strolling with Xi Jinping through the gardens of Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound,

Russia is burning while Putin hides underground. As Ukraine’s long-range strikes hammer deeper into Russian territory, fear is gripping the Kremlin. Assassination attempts, collapsing public support,

By Andrius Sytas and Tom Balmforth TALLINN, May 18 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has few good options in Ukraine with his armed forces unable to advance significantly on the battlefield while Western sanctions are chipping away at his resources,

Vladimir Putin's growing fear of assassination is said to have grown so extreme Kremlin officials believe the Russian president is now drawing his latest paranoid fears from the Richard Gere spy thriller The Double – the 2011 film featuring a Soviet assassin who murders targets using a wristwatch fitted with a hidden garrote wire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's two-day visit to Beijing highlights the enduring partnership between Russia and China amid geopolitical tensions. This marks Putin's 25th trip to China, coinciding with challenges in Ukraine and international scrutiny.

After more than four years of war, Russians do not feel stronger, safer or more prosperous, let alone victorious.