Is the Chinese leader flexing on Russia leader Putin?
Putin can’t get what he wants from his Ukraine move?
Bogged down….. The Russian President NEEDS friends…
Under Xi, Beijing has deployed an increasingly assertive foreign policy focused on countering what it sees as U.S. efforts to contain China’s rise as a major power. Beijing’s friendship with Moscow is a key part of its strategy to establish an alternative world order that challenges U.S. leadership and looks to China for inspiration.
In an article published in Russian and Chinese state media on Monday, Xi wrote that “there is no country in the world that is superior to others,” adding that there is no governance model that is “universally applicable and there is no international order in which one country has the final say.”
The official news agency Xinhua, in a page dedicated to the visit with coverage in nine languages from Russian to Portuguese, hailed those remarks by Xi as an inspiration to the international community. An article that included praise from analysts in countries from Belarus, Kazakhstan and Pakistan to Iran and Russia described Xi’s concepts for peaceful international relations as possibly “the most powerful and pertinent idea in this century.”…..
Justice Dept. ok with Ukraine War Crime’s move that Pentagon is NOT….
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland makes a point of refusing to discuss active investigations, but during a recent trip to Ukraine he broke form, revealing that U.S. prosecutors had identified “several specific” Russians suspected of war crimes against one or more Americans.
Despite Mr. Garland’s assessment, the possibility of identifying Russians who targeted Americans in a war zone and bringing them to justice in the United States — rather than charging them in absentia — appears remote for now. As a result, the Justice Department is increasingly focused on a supporting role: providing Ukraine’s overburdened prosecutors and police with logistical help, training and direct assistance in bringing charges of war crimes by Russians in Ukraine’s courts…..