of this for anyone including, i m quite convinced, for mr putin himself. that s my view. his view, ifear, might be different. all right, let s go to ourfinal question. volodimir golovko, what do you want to ask our panel? what is the role and influence of china in the ukrainian russian conflict? is there a possibility- for the west to coordinate with beijing in support- to stop russian aggression? which instruments can the united states, - european union, united kingdom, and even ukraine to push china i to press on putin s politics? right, well, a lot in that question. let s go to you, sergei, because it s very much your area of expertise russia, china, cold war, all the rest of it. there is no way that china will back western sanctions on russia. china will maintain benevolent neutrality, benevolent towards russia. russia and china have
negative consequences for europe in terms of the security order. negative consequences for ukraine. there s nothing, nothing, nothing good to come out of this for anyone including, i m quite convinced, for mr putin himself. that s my view. his view, ifear, might be different. all right, let s go to ourfinal question. volodimir golovko, what do you want to ask our panel? what is the role and influence of china in the ukrainian russian conflict? is there a possibility- for the west to coordinate with beijing in support to stop russian aggression? - which instruments can the united states, european union, united kingdom, and even ukraine to push china to press on putin s politics? right, well, a lot in that question. let s go to you, sergei, because it s very much your area of expertise russia, china, cold war, all the rest of it. there is no way that china will back western sanctions on russia.
his view is, i fear, might be different. all right, let s go to ourfinal question. volodimir golovko, what do you want to ask our panel? what is the role and influence of china in the ukrainian russian conflict? is there a possibility- for the west to coordinate with beijing in support- to stop russian aggression? which instruments can the united states, - european union, united kingdom and even ukraine to push china l to press on putin s politics? right, well, a lot in that question. let s go to you, sergei, because it s very much your area of expertise russia, china, cold war, all the rest of it. there is no way that china will back western sanctions on russia. china will maintain benevolent neutrality, benevolent towards russia. russia and china have an alignment of sorts. it s not in china s interest. they are opposed they re not too worried about
but i fear, if this happens, another russian invasion we ve seen them before i think the consequences would be pretty catastrophic for everyone involved. it is a far easier to. i agree with sergei, if they do it, they would like to do something short and sweet or whatever. it s far easier to start wars than to stop them, and the one thing leads to the other. negative consequences for russia in terms of its international standing, european standing, negative consequences for europe in terms of the security order, negative consequences for ukraine. there s nothing, nothing, nothing good to come out of this for anyone, including, i m quite convinced, for mr putin himself. that s my view. his view is, i fear, might be different. all right, let s go to ourfinal question. volodimir golovko, what do you want to ask our panel? what is the role and - influence of china in the ukrainian russian conflict?
belt of the continent this past year or so. but further east, there has been one military takeover, and a major conflict that has been likened to a civil war. in october, the head of the sudanese army, generalal burhan, moved against his civilian allies and sacked them from the joint provisional government, leading to widespread condemnation and continuing civilian protests, in which dozens have been killed. in ethiopia, the prime minister abiy ahmed has been fighting rebels, mostly in the northern tigray province, in a conflict in which 100,000 are believed to have died, with both sides blamed for atrocities. i hope that has given you a little bit of context of our discussions, right? good. ok, let s get down to ourfirst question and it is from dido, where are you? your question, please. my question is, is there a good coup