The motorcade is transported by either An-124 or IL-76.Why do they need that many planes for transporting his motorcade?
It is not just a Russia-China energy trade deal. It is also part of China's mitigation plan for all those Anglo & Indian haters who wet dream of blockading maritime energy trade flows to China. China had stood by Russia and wont allow its friend to starve. Hence, Russia shall also help provide China an energy lifeline in case the Anglo & Indian haters decided to do the unthinkable.The Russian leader singled out the latter, stressing that “our strategic alliance in the energy sector, which has become a robust pillar of the entire global energy market… will continue to grow stronger.”
Russia “is ready and able to reliably and without interruptions supply the Chinese economy, enterprises, cities, and towns with environmentally friendly, affordable energy, electricity, and heat,” he added.
To be fair to the Soviet Union though. The Iron Curtain was a mutual thing in the Cold War. It was the West who started it, just as they have started the Cold War. The post-war Soviet Union was ready to work with the West, but the West rejected it and threaten the Soviets with anti-communist aggression and nukes.The United States of America of 2024, i.e. The 21st-century version of the Soviet Union.
Now who's the one building the Iron Curtain, eh?