Yet many in the West still want to believe that their alliance is an aberration, driven by Mr. Putin's emotional anti-Americanism and his toxic fixation on Ukraine... Moscow will seek to rebuild ties with the West not least because the bonds between Russia and China are shallow, while the country has centuries of economic and cultural dependence on Europe.
The truth is that after two years of war in Ukraine and painful Western sanctions, it's not just Mr. Putin who needs China Russia does, too. China has emerged as Russia's single most important partner, providing a lifeline not only for Mr. Putin's war machine but also for the entire embattled economy.
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