Putin Turns to Xi at SCO Summit as Russia's Clout Wanes
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- Putin is turning again to China's Xi as Russia's clout crumbles, per the WSJ's framing of the upcoming SCO summit meeting in Kyrgyzstan.
- Xi and Putin will hold bilateral talks in Bishkek focused on the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, per the Kremlin, while Xi, Modi, and Putin also converge at the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan.
Why it matters: With Russia's global standing diminished, the SCO summit gives Putin a venue to lock in energy ties with China through the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline — but Foreign Policy's parallel coverage flags that India is already questioning the bloc's usefulness, signaling SCO's uneven value across its biggest members.
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