Putin has arrived in China: he will hold talks with leaders of more than 10 countries.

      The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has arrived in China on an official visit. The head of state will attend a military parade in honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory in World War II and will take part in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). It will be held in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1. In Tianjin, Putin was greeted with a red carpet and an honor guard. During his visit to China, the president will travel around the country in an Aurus car with Chinese license plates. Putin has already left the airport in it.

      The Russian leader is expected to participate in a meeting in the "SCO Plus" format (leaders of member states plus heads of observer countries and dialogue partners).

      Putin also has a number of meetings planned with leaders of other states. In particular, he will negotiate with the presidents of Turkey and Iran, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Masoud Pezeshkian, and with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. In total his visit will last four days.

      Earlier, the Kremlin press service reported that in Beijing Putin will have a chat with the Chairman of the PRC, Xi Jinping, "over a cup of tea." The Russian leader will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Defense Andrey Belousov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin, and Assistant for International Affairs Yuri Ushakov.

      According to the latter, Putin will inform Xi about his contacts with U.S. President Donald Trump. In addition, a trilateral meeting with Xi, Putin and the President of Mongolia, Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, is expected. Besides that, Putin is expected to hold bilateral meetings.

      In addition to Erdoğan, Pezeshkian and Modi, the leader will speak with the head of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, the leader of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the President of Vietnam, Lyong Kyong, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Nepal, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, as well as the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Manet. Note that Trump is absent from the list. Also, there are no plans for a meeting with Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, although Ushakov allowed for a meeting if agreed.

      Putin is accompanied on the trip by three vice-premiers — Denis Manturov, Alexander Novak, Dmitry Chernyshenko. In addition, the leader's team includes the Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov and more than 10 ministers: Mikhail Degtyarev (Minister of Sport), Oksana Lut (Minister of Agriculture), Olga Lyubimova (Minister of Culture), Mikhail Murashko (Minister of Health), Andrey Nikitin (Minister of Transport), Maxim Reshetnikov (Minister of Economic Development), Anton Siluanov (Minister of Finance), Sergey Tsivilev (Minister of Energy), Alexey Chekunkov (Minister for the Development of the Far East). The delegation will also include the Chair of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugaev, head of Rosatom Aleksey Likhachev, Sber CEO German Gref, RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev, VTB head Andrey Kostin, Gazprom’s Alexey Miller, Novatek’s Leonid Mikhelson, Russian Export Center’s Veronika Nikishina, Rosneft’s Igor Sechin, Rostec’s Sergey Chemezov, and VEB.RF’s Igor Shuvalov.

      On September 3, Putin will be the chief guest of the Victory Parade dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory over militarist Japan and the end of World War II. The President of the Russian Federation will sit to the right of Xi. After the visit to the PRC, Putin will go to Vladivostok, where he will stay from September 4 to 5. The last time the Russian leader visited China was in May 2024.

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