The main news event this week concern Putin (and Trumps’) visits to Beijing. We provide the very latest intelligence on what was discussed and agreed in Putin’s meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and make comparisons between the Russian and American visits. We also look at the Putin-influences hanging over Trump’s own summit. We also examine the latest BRICS Foreign Ministerial meetings that took place in New Delhi and have been somewhat overshadowed by what took place in Beijing. Nonetheless, those discussions too are of huge global geostrategic importance. We continue a deep-dive of the Russian economy – vital news for market and investment analysts and discuss the latest in Russia’s legal battles against Euroclear as regards Russia’s frozen Euro billions. Elsewhere we feature Russian trade and developments news from Europe, the United States, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. A lot has been going on – with ours the only media portal to cover all the pertinent Russia angles.