All right, Alexander, let's discuss the results from the summit between Russia and China.

Putin and Xi and 40 documents, 40 plus documents signed between the two countries, covering

security, economic, cultural programs, just about everything. Energy, of course, energy. I think

that's a big one. Power of Siberia, too. Gas that was meant for Europe is now locked

into China. This is a massive development. A lot of the lock-in, the energy lock-in

between Russia and China also has to do with what is happening in Iran as well and trying

to cut off China's energy supplies from the Middle East. So China was being pushed more to lock in this power of Siberia 2. And I wouldn't doubt

it. I would be surprised if we have a power of Siberia 3 sometime in the future as well. So a lot

of stuff happening at this summit, a fairly quick summit as well, about a day and a half, really.

And that was it. The agreement signed

and Putin returned to Russia, very different from the Trump meeting with Xi, where we really

didn't get anything signed. Nothing was really agreed on during that summit. It was a completely

different visit from the Trump visit.

And it was interesting to compare it also with previous visits by Putin to China in the

sense that what you got, I got the sense from this one that these meetings between C and Putin and these visits by Putin to China and by the

way, by Xi Jinping to Russia, are now becoming almost a routine.

It's like business as usual.

They no longer have the, you know, they're no longer quite as dramatic

and as, you know, as much theatre as you used to see, because there doesn't need to be

that anymore. So Putin came with a very strong delegation, lots of senior government officials.

One of the most interesting, who was there, was Nabilina, the chair of the central bank.

And I suspect that she played an important role behind the scenes.

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