Miércoles, 31 de enero de 2024 (Continuación)

Tourists inspect Russian wooden dolls showing Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, in downtown Moscow on Nov. 15, 2023. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images

As the invasion of Ukraine heads into its third year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been working nonstop to ensure diplomatic and military support amid increasing war fatigue. Russia’s influence in Europe is still visible, taking advantage of the uncertainty of European elites. A year of elections may change the geopolitical map in the same way that Slovakia turned away from its previous support for Kyiv after the 2023 election.

China is watching and learning from these processes; building its peacemaking image; and benefiting from the chaos on the international markets, buying cheap gas and oil and helping Russia’s economy with what was lost due to Western sanctions.…  Seguir leyendo »