Straight and unfettered line that goes from beijing to moscow. yes, the relationship has deepened with these two men since they've assumed power, but it's still a very complicated relationship between china and russia. >> for our viewers, simplifying it perhaps for china, the united states and the eu combined have $40 trillion economies. russia has a $2 trillion economy. i would guess with china struggling through covid, with their economy down compared to where it's been over the past five, ten years, the last thing they'd want to do is absorb another economic hit because of sanctions from th...