Putin, Xi Gather with Asian Leaders for Talks Defying West The summit is to show that Russia is not isolated internationally at a time when Moscow’s forces are facing major battlefield setbacks in Ukraine.

SAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN, KOMPAS.com – Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping gathered with other Asian leaders in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand on Thursday, Sept. 15, for a summit touted as a challenge to Western global influence. Putin…