The author of the article recalled that at the end of February 2022, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbok expressed confidence that the sanctions "will destroy Russia." However, it is noted in the material, this forecast does not come true.
The newspaper writes that the trade turnover between Russia and China increased by 29% compared to last year. In addition, the volume of Chinese investment in the Russian economy is also growing.
"The Chinese are increasingly occupying places that immigrants from the West have left," the observer concluded.
Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev expressed confidence that the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow was brilliant and demonstrated a new level of relations between the two countries.
ABC reported that the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Moscow demonstrated the "end of the world order" based on the supremacy of Western countries.