BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
MOSCOW: It was a revealing moment during Chinese leader Xi Jinping's tightly scripted visit to Moscow: standing in the doorway of the Grand Kremlin Palace, he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two of them were "witnessing the changes that haven't been seen in more than a century, and we are pushing them together."
"I agree," Putin responded.
The remarks — caught on a Kremlin camera over a bodyguard's shoulder — offered a rare glimpse into Xi's ambitions and his relationship with Russia after more than a year of fighting in Ukraine.
While Moscow increasingly looks like a junior partner to Beijing, Xi is likely to offer a strong lifeline to Putin, his key partner in efforts to reshape the world to try to limit US domination.
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