Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Alexander Gabuev (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) and Sergey Radchenko (Johns Hopkins SAIS), two of the foremost experts on the true nature of the China-Russia relationship. Topics discussed: - The signs that the Xi-Putin summit in Moscow last month may have achieved more substance than many may realize - How China may covertly help Russia in procurement of weapons and munitions - Why China may not be interested in a near-term resolution to the war - Whether China is able to restrain Moscow's use of nuclear blackmail - The Scramble for Central Asia - Renminbi's growing power in the Russian economy - And whether Russian elites will opt for Chinese boarding schools over UK ones to educate their offsprings