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00:00 Russia and China have a no-limits partnership.
00:05 During Vladimir Putin's two-day visit, they vowed to push it further.
00:13 Just a few years ago, a figure of $100 billion in trade turnover was considered a great success
00:19 for bilateral trade.
00:21 But now it has already crossed the 200 mark.
00:25 China is not just any trade partner.
00:28 Beijing stepped in after Vladimir Putin launched the war in Ukraine, and Western countries
00:35 voted sanctions against Russia to force it to end the war.
00:40 The energy Moscow no longer sells in Europe was redirected to China, which means Vladimir
00:46 Putin has money to continue the war in Ukraine.
00:51 Meanwhile, China is exporting to Russia dual-use industrial parts, which it uses to speed up
00:58 its weapons production.
01:00 In Washington, the White House regretted China's resolve to keep and even expand this trade
01:07 with Russia.
01:08 "We find it unacceptable that Chinese companies are helping Putin wage this war against Ukraine.
01:13 We've been very clear about that."
01:15 Spending many hours with President Putin on Thursday, President Xi Jinping said they have
01:21 been promoting justice and world peace, criticizing the US and its military alliances.
01:28 Last year, Beijing submitted a plan to end the war, but in its deal, there is no mention
01:34 of Russia pulling out of the Ukrainian regions it occupies.