Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov. Archive photoMOSCOW, March 19First Deputy Head of the International Committee of the Federation Council Vladimir Dzhabarov expressed the opinion on his Telegram channel that US President Joe Biden's attempt to persuade China to join sanctions against Russia is useless, Beijing will not allow threats to his address. So Dzhabarov commented on reports of negotiations between Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Biden, according to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, intended to tell the Chinese leadership that the United States would take action if it turned out that China supported Russia's actions in Ukraine. Blinken also said that Washington «continues to call on all countries, especially those with direct influence on Russia, to use any means of influence to force Moscow to end the war.»
"The People's Republic of China — is a very powerful country, one and a half billion people, China is confident in its pace of development. China enjoys support and friendship with Russia. As they say in China, we stand back to back. I think that Biden's attempt to persuade China to join all the sanctions is useless", the senator wrote.
At the same time, Dzhabarov does not think that China «will stand up for Russia.» «The balanced position of China is respectable. This country will also not allow threats against it from the United States,» he said. The conversation between Biden and Xi Jinping took place on Friday. The heads of state talked via video link for about two hours. A senior official of the US administration told reporters that Biden did not put forward any demands during the conversation with Xi Jinping, but only outlined Washington's vision regarding the current situation around Ukraine. At the same time, the official representative of the American administration, Jen Psaki, warned that any help to Russia from China against the backdrop of events in Ukraine would have «consequences». US does not want China to support special operation in Ukraine, Austin said Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. suicide