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China’s No. 3 leader to visit Russia next week
4 years agoIn this photograph taken on August 15, 2022 Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses attendees of the Tavrida.ART festival via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow. (Photo by Pavel Byrkin / Sputnik / AFP) / *EDITOR'S NOTE : THIS IMAGE IS DISTRIBUTED BY RUSSIAN STATE OWNED AGENCY SPUTNIK.* - *Editor's note : this image is distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik.*
China's top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, state media reported Sunday, becoming the highest-ranking Communist Party politician to travel to the country since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.