VOA Russian: Washington, Moscow, Beijing to form complicated strategic triangle in 2025
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FILE - Traditional Russian wooden dolls depicting China's President Xi Jinping, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are displayed for sale at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 21, 2024.
VOA Russian spoke with U.S. officials, politicians and experts to see how U.S. relations with China and Russia could change under the incoming Donald Trump administration. Experts say Beijing may be worried about Trump's plans for the swift end of the war in Ukraine, while North Korea's involvement in the war could become a lightning rod in China-Russia relations.
FILE - The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Zhangjiakou, Feb. 2, 2022. The Chinese government placed sanctions on seven companies on Friday in response to recent US announcements of military sales and aid to Taiwan
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech on his decision to dissolve the parliament at Bellevue Palace in Berlin on Dec. 27, 2024. FILE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a plenary session at the German parliament Bundestag where he faces a vote of confidence, Berlin, Germany, Dec. 16, 2024.
FILE - Travelers walk through a main hall at Israel's Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on Nov. 6, 2024.
In this photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Dec. 27, 2024, Russian soldiers battle outside Vuhledar, Donbas region, Ukraine.
FILE - This photo shows an exterior view of the Defense Ministry of Japan with its sign at the main entrance in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021.
A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government patrols an area near to a security checkpoint in Homs, Syria, Dec. 26, 2024.
This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian State Emergency Service on Dec. 26, 2024, shows firefighters putting out a fire after an explosion in a residential building from a Russian shelling in Bilozerka village, Kherson region.
FILE — North Koreans on a bus say goodbye to their South Korean relatives after the Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea, Aug. 26, 2018. The U.S. Congress did not pass a bill that would have reunited Korean Americans with their families in North Korea.
FILE — Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki attends a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 15, 2023. Afwerki and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia met in Asmara, Eritrea, on Dec. 25, 2024, and discussed issues of mutual concern.
Rescuers transport wounded passengers from a medical plane upon their arrival at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport outside Baku, Azerbaijan, on Dec. 26, 2024, after an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau. An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashes near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 25, 2024, in this image from video. (Social media via Reuters) Damage in the wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 25, 2024, is seen in this image from video. (Social media via Reuters)
