The Russian Federation has not warned the PRC about the invasion of Ukraine, which is why the authorities do not trust Putin - FT

Now China's government is talking about distrust of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the intentions of China's leader Xi Jinping to restart relations with the Western countries. It is reported by Financial Times with reference to sources. Journalists say that Beijing wants to improve relations with European countries that have been severely injured because China supported the Russian Federation throughout the war in Ukraine.

At the same time, the starting point of the diplomatic restart Si Jinping is a reassessment in Beijing the benefits of close relations with Moscow. "Putin is crazy. A very small group of people made the invasion. According to the publication, China now understands that Russia will not be able to overcome Ukraine and it will leave the war with a secondary state.

Representatives of Chinese authorities say that the Russian Federation has weakened significantly in economic and diplomatic terms on the world stage. In addition, despite all the public statements about bilateral friendship, in private conversations, some Chinese officials express distrust of Vladimir Putin.

Five high -ranking Chinese officials, acquaintances with this issue, have told reporters in the last nine months that Moscow has not informed Beijing about their intention to start a full -scale invasion of Ukraine before Putin ordered the attack. The source states that during the meeting of Si Jinping and Vladimir Putin on February 4, 2022, the Kremlin's head stated that "it does not exclude any possible measures if Ukrainians attack the Russian territory and call a humanitarian catastrophe.

" According to the interlocutor, the Chinese side perceived these words as a signal about the possibility of some limited military intervention, not a total invasion. According to journalists, the Deputy Foreign Minister of China and the Chief Expert on the Russian Federation Leo Yuychen was reduced in the post "into two levels of seniority" because he could not predict the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

"He was found guilty of the failure of reconnaissance about the invasion of Russia," the source said. Chinese officials and European diplomats say Beijing did not know about Moscow's intention to start a full -scale war against Ukraine. We will remind, on December 30 the head of the PRC and the President of the Russian Federation discussed the prospects of negotiations with Ukraine.