Russian political scientist: Russia & China remain friends

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00:00OK, Professor Karaganov, do the Russians trust the US in a meaningful way, that you would

00:07be willing to break from China, and do you think that this is what Donald Trump is trying

00:11to do?

00:12It is not a matter of trust, even if we trusted the United States, which we did not, we would

00:18not abandon our quasi-alliance with China.

00:22It is a force multiplier for both countries.

00:26I mean, our American former partners, now foes, now probably again partners, did a fantastic

00:33among many mistakes, I mean, during last decades, when they pushed two friendly countries, China

00:41and Russia, into an alliance.

00:43And now we see, I mean, that has been a great help to both of us, first.

00:50Second, I thought we should not abandon our Chinese friends.

00:56However, we don't want to be totally reliant on China, and we need more space, and more

01:06space also in terms of good relations or normal relations with the United States.

01:12So it is a win-win situation for us, because we shall have better relations with the United

01:22States, and a stronger hand in our relations with our Chinese friends, however they will

01:28remain friends.