An emerging alliance between the two authoritarian giants is 'very real' and has been deepened by the war on Ukraine, Liz Truss told Newsweek.
Truss said she is"very skeptical" that China is hedging its bets on Ukraine by declining Russian requests for significant military aid.
Russian influence has reached the very top of the British business and political establishments. The Conservative Party in particular has been accused of accepting large donations by Kremlin-linked figures. Former Prime Minister, for example, has been maligned for his own contacts with influential Russians and his alleged suppression of a landmark report into Russian meddling in British politics.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping leave after a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023."That's what I think we need to be careful about, that whatever happens in the future in Russia, we should never be enabling that type of regime again." This includes, Truss said, confiscating frozen Russian assets—of the state and of oligarchs—and using the resources to help Ukraine.
Truss, as both foreign minister and for 44 days as prime minister, adopted a tough China posture. Her successor, Prime Minister, took an apparent swipe at his predecessor shortly after taking office when he said his government would be"standing up to our competitors, not with grand rhetoric but with robust pragmatism."
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