Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, China and Russia appeared to be growing ever closer. Russian President Vladimir Putin being one of a handful of known leaders to attend the Winter Olympics, where he signed a landmark strategic partnership with his counterpart, President Xi Jinping. Will that 'no limits' partnership survive Russia's newfound pariah status? In this live event, co-chair of the China Research Group Alicia Kearns MP was joined by Professor Sergey Radchenko, Dr Maria Repnikova and Bonny Lin. These three leading Sino-Russian experts set out the historical and geopolitical context of the China-Russia relationship and answered questions including: How reliant the strategic partnership is on the personal relationship between Putin and Xi How the invasion of Ukraine has been portrayed in Chinese and Russian media Whether Russia can accept being the junior partner in the relationship How the West's response to the invasion will shape China's thinking on Taiwan Find the full transcript of the event on our website.