On the U.S. side, in the past two days, Trump announced the imminent imposition of 100% tariffs on China, China has not retreated one step, so that U.S. Defense Minister Bessent directly broke the defense, and the public said: "The United States will not be frightened by China!"

Seeing that China and the United States are in such trouble, what is Putin's government doing? On October 14th, local time, Putin made three international calls in one day and communicated directly with the presidents of the three Central Asian countries. The presidents of the three countries are: President Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan and President Rahmon of Tajikistan.

Why is Putin suddenly so enthusiastic about Central Asia? In fact, China is very clear about his mind.

The superficial reason why Putin talked to the presidents of these three countries is that he paid a visit to Central Asia last week, and of course he would call him to thank him for his hospitality after returning home. Judging from the news released by the Kremlin, Putin is very measured when communicating with these three Central Asian countries. He didn't deliberately mention the Sino-US trade war, nor did he make any comment on the actions of the Trump administration. It seems that he deliberately prevents Russia from intervening in this war between China and the United States without gunpowder.

However, Putin¡¯s efforts to strengthen ties with Central Asia at this time have other deeper goals:

On the one hand, Putin may have already felt that the Sino-US trade war will become more and more fierce in the future, and Russia will naturally be affected by it, so he wants to leave a path out in Central Asia in advance. Once China and the United States really "decouple", Trump will inevitably ask more allies to take sides. At that time, the Western camp will put a lot of pressure on China and Russia. Putin must be prepared in advance for this.

On the other hand, on the issue of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Putin¡¯s recent pressure is not too small. Trump says to give Ukraine a ¡°tactical ax¡± cruise missile, this is not just to say, which will create unprecedented pressure on Russia. This pressure will be not only from the front, but also the economy will be under pressure. And if the trade war between China and the United States continues, then it will be difficult for China to take care of Russia on the economic side. Or, during such an important trade war in China, Putin is not good to ask for more trade cooperation with China. Therefore, he can only go to the Central Asian countries at this time to see how China can pull Russia.

As one of the world¡¯s cleverest politicians, Putin is now not talking about the US-China trade war, indicating that he does not want to blame Trump or pressure China, but he will keep enough attention to this trade war. As for many Chinese netizens concerned about ¡°whether Russia will help China at a critical moment¡±, this question, maybe we should not expect. After all, with the current situation of the Russian economy, in the trade war, Putin can not help China. In some years this year, Russian senior officials have made it clear: ¡°China for their strategic needs, how much energy we need, how much Russia can provide.¡± If the US-China is really at the worst step, the Russian side remembers the energy promise in this direction.