Does Putin fear economic threats? This measure will be applied to payments above 10 million rubles per month ($65,000). While many of the enemies are the ones you'd expect, only 11% of Americans consider China their enemy and just 9% consider Cuba their enemy. The sounds of explosions were heard in major cities in Ukraine after Russia attacked the country early Thursday and dozens of people have been killed and injured, said Oleksii Arestovich, an. Relations between Moscow and Beijing are at an unprecedentedly high level, Russian leader Putin told NBC in an interview aired Monday, stressing he does not consider China a threat. Email: agilbert@usatoday.com. Russia and China find the current status quo of a near alliance practical and convenient, and something they can use to support either individual or joint strategic hedging against the West. Even President Vladimir Putin cited Alexander III when answering the question about Russias allies in 2015, though quickly clarified that he was joking and Russia definitely has foreign allies. Your browser does not support the