Putin to Meet China’s Wang Yi During Moscow Visit: Kremlin

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with participants in Arctic expeditions for children organized by Rosatom, in the Arctic Circle port city of Murmansk on March 27, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet China’s top diplomat Wang Yi during his visit to Moscow this week, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Both Moscow and Beijing have said Wang Yi plans to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Ukraine, with China weighing in as Washington tries to push for an end of the three-year conflict.

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