Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping pose for a photograph during their meeting in Beijing, on Feb. 4, 2022. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/AFP via…

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting via video conference with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 28, 2021. (Alexey…

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during their meeting on the sidelines of a BRICS summit, in Brasilia, Brazil, on…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a State of the Union Address at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Sept. 15, 2021.…

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during their meeting on the sidelines of a BRICS summit, in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov.…

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting via video conference with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 28, 2021. (Alexey…

Visitors walk by the Huawei stand at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) fair in Barcelona on June 28, 2021. (PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)

A convoy of Russian armored vehicles moves along a highway in Crimea on Jan. 18, 2022. (AP Photo)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrive for the welcome banquet for leaders attending the Belt and Road Forum at the Great…

Officials and military personnel at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on May 25, 2017. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)