“The coordinated steps taken by Russia and China to shift settlements between them, between our countries as a whole, to national currencies have been of great significance. As a result, virtually all Russian-Chinese export-import operations are being carried out in rubles and yuan,” he said.
Putin said Russia was ready to continue uninterrupted supplies of oil and gas to China and that Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom was completing construction of new power units at nuclear power plants in China as part of broader energy cooperation between the two countries.
The Russian president also described the Russia-China partnership as a stabilising factor in international affairs.
Putin pointed to what he called positive results from the bilateral visa-free regime, which has boosted tourism and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.
“In 2025, more than 2 million Russians arrived in the People’s Republic of China. Over 1 million Chinese citizens visited Russia,” he said.
