INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday on the sidelines of a summit in Uzbekistan that
Organization (SCO) in the Silk Road city of Samarkand as Russia seeks to overcome international isolation over its invasion of
China, told The Moscow Times.At the two-day summit, Putin will also meet with the leaders of Iran, Pakistan, India and Turkey, but much of
largely complied with sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, with some Chinese companies cutting ties with Moscow to avoid falling foul of
giant Gazprom announced last month that China had agreed to pay for Russian gas imports in rubles and yuan instead of Western currency.The
limited to sectors where there is no risk of Chinese companies falling afoul of Western sanctions imposed on Russia for the invasion of
Ukraine.In a bid to avoid being caught up in these Western sanctions, Chinese tech giant Huawei has reportedly begun moving staff from
the SCO is made up of China, Russia, India, Pakistan and the ex-Soviet Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan."The SCO offers a real alternative to Western-centric organizations," Kremlin adviser Ushakov told reporters in Moscow this
week.While economic questions are more complex, China is likely to be more forthcoming when it comes to declarations of political support
said.Moscow recently backed China over Taiwan, which Beijing sees as its breakaway province, calling U.S
Moscow Times.At the same time, Beijing is unlikely to risk any major disruption in its relations with major Western countries by helping
