Putin claims that Russia and China are formalizing the new world order.
During the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, the Russian president highlighted that the partnership with Beijing is a factor of stability and progress in multipolarity.
247 - Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Friday (20) that his country and China are not building a new world order, but formalizing a reality already underway. The statement was made during the plenary session of the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (Spief 2025), in response to a provocation by the event's moderator, who suggested that Moscow and Beijing were shaping a new global order.
“We have said this many times and I want to reaffirm it once again, emphasizing that Russian-Chinese relations are undoubtedly a very powerful factor of stability in the world,” Putin declared, underlining the strategic relevance of the alliance between the two countries amidst contemporary geopolitical transformations.
Putin's remarks came after his meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, a member of China's State Council, in a clear signal of deepening bilateral ties. The Russian president also highlighted that, even in the face of challenges posed by external pressures, relations with Beijing continue to expand. "Despite the ongoing difficulties that are artificially created for us, bilateral relations are developing steadily and progressively in all directions," he emphasized.
The Spief 2025 conference had as its central theme "Common Values as a Basis for Growth in a Multipolar World," reflecting the spirit of emerging cooperation among non-Western powers. The event brought together leaders, entrepreneurs, and academics to discuss paths to economic development outside the axis dominated by traditional Western powers, with a strong presence of delegations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
The presence of Chinese officials, coupled with Putin's statements, reinforces the strategic alignment between Russia and China amid growing tensions with the United States and its European allies. For Moscow and Beijing, global multipolarity is not a future goal, but a reality that is consolidated with each new forum, summit, or bilateral cooperation.
The St. Petersburg forum has established itself as a showcase for this new economic and geopolitical diplomacy. And, in Putin's assessment, the partnership with Beijing is one of the central pillars of this new global balance: "We are not creating a new world order, we are formalizing what is already happening."
The St. Petersburg Economic Forum thus reaffirms its role as a catalyst for ideas in an era in which the axis of global power seems to be shifting—from unipolarity to a more plural and multipolar world, in which the values shared among emerging powers are gaining prominence.
