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The Chinese embassy in Russia said U.S. media reports that Chinese leader Xi Jinping made demands on Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine were false and provocative. Earlier, US media reported that Xi Jinping had asked Putin not to invade Ukraine during the Olympics. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the report was “not even a forgery, but a special information operation by the corresponding US service.” “Bloomberg’s report that the Chinese head of state allegedly asked the Russian head of state not to attack Ukraine during the Olympics so as not to spoil the holiday is false and...
