From US President Donald Trump brokering a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to China making overtures to India ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with President Xi Jinping,

Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin is due to visit China this week as head of a parliamentary delegation, the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing unidentified sources.

Putin, 71, and Xi, 70, will participate in a gala celebration marking 75 years since the Soviet Union first recognized the People's Republic of China.

PM Modi praised Putin amid rising tensions with the US due to Trump's tariffs. Modi and Putin discuss Ukraine while India seeks improved ties with China.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been moving to align India with the United States and freeze out China. Now, efforts to rebuild ties between the Asian giants are gaining momentum.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, the junior partner in the 'no limits' relationship with China's Xi Jinping, visits Beijing. What does each man want?

Vladimir Putin, then the prime minister of Russia, and Xi Jinping, then China's vice president, meet on March 23, 2010, in Moscow. MISHA JAPARIDZE/AFP via Getty Images

Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to visit China for the Belt and Road Forum in October, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources, marking one of the first times Putin has ...

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Favoring "deals over deterrence" will damage U.S. alliances and embolden Beijing, says Craig Singleton of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.