Venäjän takapihan jättiläinen on kutsunu oman Keski-Aasian kokouksen koolle, johon Venäjällä ei ole asiaa.
Xi snubbed Putin after their summit, calling a meeting of Central Asian countries as part of an audacious power play
China's leader, Xi Jinping, appears to be using the leverage he has gained over Russia in the wake of the Ukraine war.
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Xi invited the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to the first China-Central Asia summit on Wednesday, the AFP news agency reported. It remains unclear whether Turkmenistan has been invited.