Pre-recorded TV interview on 15 December, 2021 with IZ, a most-watched Russian-language national TV channel.

What I said was that the crisis over Ukraine and rising US-China tensions (including the Taiwan question) brought the two leaders even closer together. Much coordination is needed to forestall catastrophe. Other issues to explore include Islamic terrorism and separatism as well as Climate Change, which would open up Russia's norther sea route for Pacific-Atlantic navigation, Arctic geopolitics, and Russia's agricultural potential thanks to global warming.