Open this photo in gallery: In a 2024 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony for participants of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia.Maxim Shemetov/Reuters China and Russia are “true friends” whose support for each other cannot be shaken, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday in a call with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, which fell on the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Days before the war, in 2022, China and Russia declared a “no limits” strategic partnership, and while Beijing has repeatedly called for an end to the...