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Dueling Vlad-Joes

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On Tuesday, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi arrived in Russia.
Some context: Tensions between Russia and the US are running high on the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a speech blasting the West and defending the necessity of his “sp...