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china with more oil and gas. derek grossman, senior defence analyst at foreign affairs think tank the rand corporation, explains the geopolitical importance of the relationship between the two leaders. it is very important for global politics because vladimir putin over the last several years and xi strengthen their personal ties but their state to state ties with their common adversary being the united states and abroad west that seems poised against them from their perspective. and so what i think we saw over the last day with vladimir putin travelling to beijing to meet with xi for the opening of the olympics was a very symbolic event to demonstrate that these two authoritarian leaders continue to deepen their ties to try to make the world safer for authoritarianismn worldwide.

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