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China and Xi are making a backup plan in case Putin dies or gets deposed, analyst says
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At the April summit where the Chinese president visited Putin in Moscow, Xi held a rare one-on-one meeting with Mistushin, noted Åslund.
Then, in May, China's Prime Minister Li Qiang invited Mishustin to China, where he "received Mishustin at the Great Hall of the People, once again completely beyond the ordinary bounds of Chinese and Russian protocol."
"Why was Mishustin invited and not Putin? This cannot have gone down well with the Russian leader," he writes.
As evidence of Putin's displeasure, he points to Mishustin's absence from subsequent Russian Security Council meetings, of which the prime minister is a permanent member.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/china-preparing-in-case-putin-is-deposed-analyst-russia-ukraine-2023-6