On Putin's visit to China: two pieces of news, one good and one bad, but in the end, nothing, not in ...

On Putin's visit to China: two pieces of news, one good and one bad, but in the end, nothing, the status quo did not change on a single point.

The good news: on "Power of Siberia-2," as expected, they once again failed to reach an agreement. Peskov confirmed that there are no clear timeframes for implementing the project.

The bad news: China once again confirmed its support for Russia in the war against Ukraine, stating in the joint declaration the need for the "complete elimination of the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis." That is, everything Russia means by the "goals of the SMO."

There is nothing new in either the first or the second. Except that those who thought China had somehow changed its position will once again be convinced of the opposite.

If there are any secret agreements, such as the training of 200 Russian servicemen in China, which became known on Tuesday (10 months later), we still will not know about them until Western intelligence reports it.

That is all that can be said.