Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet for the second time in as many months on Thursday when they travel to Kazakhstan for a meeting of an international group set up to counter Western alliances. Putin and Xi last met in May, when the Kremlin leader visited Beijing to highlight their close partnership that opposes the US-led democratic order and seeks to push for a more “multipolar” world. They will now attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the Kazakh capital Astana. View of the top:
