Putin, Xi praise high-level ties, growing energy trade at Beijing meeting days after Trump's visit

Nypost · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · May 20, 2026 · 882 words · By Associated Press

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Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping praise high-level ties, growing energy trade at Beijing meeting days after Trump’s visit See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping praise high-level ties, growing energy trade at Beijing meeting days after Trump’s visit See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleBEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing on Wednesday, only days after a visit by US President Donald Trump to China.

Common ground

Putin and Xi oversaw the signing of more than 40 cooperation agreements in areas such as trade, technology and media exchanges.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Putin and Xi oversaw the signing of more than 40 cooperation agreements in areas such as trade, technology and media exchanges.”

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France 24 and RT World News both report the signing of approximately 40 cooperation agreements covering trade, technology, and media.

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web search NEUTRAL — Putin and Xi oversaw the signing of more than 40 cooperation agreements in areas such as trade, technology and media exchanges. They stressed their growing trade, particularly in oil and natural gas, …
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260520-xi-welcome…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China on May 19-20 is expected to mark a new milestone in the deepening partnership between Moscow and Beijing. The two sides are reportedly preparing to si…
https://www.rt.com/news/640149-putin-xi-meetings-strategic-p…

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web search NEUTRAL — Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin praised the strength of their relationship during talks in Beijing as both countries seek to reinforce bilateral ties in the sha…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-19/putin-arr…

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Claim 2: “In February 2022, just weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China and Russia announced a “no limits” partnership during a trip by Putin to Beijing.”

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Multiple independent sources (The China Story, Merics, Al Jazeera) confirm the announcement of a 'no limits' partnership in February 2022 just before the invasion of Ukraine.

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia was China’s top oil supplier in January and February at 1.94 million barrels per day, up from 1.57 million in 2022, according to Chinese customs data.Shortly before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/3/21/no-limits-partne…

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web search NEUTRAL — On 4 February 2022, the opening day of the Winter Olympics in Beijing and only twenty days before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China and Russia declared a ‘no limits’ partnership that ‘surpasses an a…
https://www.thechinastory.org/a-no-limits-partnership-china-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping announced their no-limits partnership on February 4, 2022, three weeks before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and since then China and Russia have noticeably strengthened t…
https://merics.org/en/comment/china-russia-alignment-shared-…

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Claim 3: “China became Russia’s top trading partner after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.”

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Wikipedia and other web sources explicitly state that China became Russia's largest/top trading partner following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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web search NEUTRAL — China is Russia's largest trading partner. The annual trade between China and Russia was US$234 billion as of 2025.Russia's dependence on the Chinese yuan increased heavily after its invasion of Ukrai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Russia_relations

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web search NEUTRAL — China is Russia’s primary trade partner For some, Putin’s visit is meant to reinforce the partnership between Russia and China that has strengthened in recent years. China has become Russia’s top trad…
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/2551477/putin-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Trade between China and Russia reached a record $240bn (£191bn) in 2023, up more than 64% since 2021 - before Russia's invasion of Ukraine - according to official figures from China.
https://www.bbc.com/news/60571253

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Claim 4: “Bilateral trade between the two countries reached around $228 billion in 2025, according to Xinhua news agency.”

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Global Times and other web results specifically cite the figure of $228 billion for bilateral trade in 2025, attributing it to China's Ministry of Commerce/Xinhua.

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web search NEUTRAL — China is Russia's largest trading partner. The annual trade between China and Russia was US$234 billion as of 2025.On 21 May 2014, China and Russia signed a $400 billion gas deal. Starting 2019, Russi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Russia_relations

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web search NEUTRAL — According to China's Ministry of Commerce, bilateral trade reached approximately $228 billion in 2025, exceeding the 200-billion-dollar threshold for a third consecutive year. China has remained Russi…
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202605/1361413.shtml

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web search NEUTRAL — Bilateral trade reached 228 billion in 2025, exceed in the 228 billionin 2025, exceed in the 200 billion mark for the third consecutive year. China has been Russia’s largest trading partner for 16 con…
https://orient.tm/en/post/99914/vizit-putina-v-kitaj-novyj-u…

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Claim 5: “Russia’s oil exports to China grew by 35% in the first quarter of 2026”

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Only France24 reports the specific figure of a 35% growth in oil exports for Q1 2026. Other sources discuss oil exports generally but do not confirm this specific percentage.

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian[d] is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, [e] and is the native language of t…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language

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web search NEUTRAL — “Russia is also one of the largest exporters of natural gas to China, including liquefied gas.” Ushakov also confirmed that the proposed Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline would be on the agenda during t…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/eurasia/kremlin-says-putin-xi-to-di…

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web search NEUTRAL — In December 2025, Russia’s oil export revenues increased by around $0.3 billion month-over-month (MoM) to $11.4 billion, according to the January edition of the Russian Oil Tracker by the KSE Institut…
https://kse.ua/about-the-school/news/russian-oil-tracker-jan…

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Claim 6: “Donald Trump visited China days before the meeting between Xi and Putin.”

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Claim 7: “Putin... said he would take part in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November in southern China.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Putin's statement about attending the APEC summit in southern China in November.

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Claim 8: “Putin invited Xi to visit Russia in 2027”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim that Putin invited Xi to visit Russia in 2027.

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Claim 9: “China is also the top customer for Russian oil and gas supplies”

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Multiple sources, including BBC and other web results, confirm China is the top customer/largest buyer of Russian oil and gas.

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web search NEUTRAL — Putin says Russia is prepared to continue supplying energy to China, noting that trade between the two countries is protected from external influence and negative trends in global markets. He also sai…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c86d7yqyyz6t

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web search NEUTRAL — China is Russia’s top trading partner and its biggest customer for oil and gas.Laura Bicker China correspondent. Xi has told Putin that a complete end to the war in Iran was of “utmost urgency”. This …
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c86d7yqyyz6t

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web search NEUTRAL — China remains the largest buyer of Russian oil, including pipeline supplies and sea-borne shipments. Despite Western sanctions on Russia's oil exports, Chinese independent refiners are regular custome…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/xi-host-old-friend-putin…

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Claim 10: “The two sides also agreed to extend a friendship treaty first signed in 2001.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general descriptions of China from Wikipedia and Britannica, which do not mention the extension of a 2001 friendship treaty.

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web search NEUTRAL — China, [h] officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), [i] is a country in East Asia. It is the second-most populous country after India, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, representing 17%…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · China, the largest of all Asian countries, occupies nearly the entire East Asian landmass and covers approximately one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth, making it almost as large as th…
https://www.britannica.com/place/China

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web search NEUTRAL — Latest China news, opinions and analysis, covering Xi Jinping, Beijing's relations with Taiwan and China's tensions with the US.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china

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Claim 11: “Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Beijing on Wednesday”

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Multiple independent sources (EuroNews, AFP, NPR, and other web results) confirm that Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin met in Beijing on a Wednesday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russian president Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to China in May 2024. The visit was his first foreign visit after assuming office for the fifth term. The visit underscored the deepening partne…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_visit_by_Vladimir_Putin_t…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 7–10, 2025, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese president, visited Russia. He traveled to Moscow to conduct a state visit to Russia and participate in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_state_visit_by_Xi_Jinping…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — At the invitation of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, President of the United Republic of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete, President of the Republic of South Africa Jacob Zuma and President…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_visits_by_Xi_Jinping_to_…

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