Putin bei Xi und die neue Achse des Bösen

Xi Jinping receives Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing. Officially it is about the anniversary of the Sino-Russian friendship treaty. Gordon Repinski analyzes how China supports the Russian war economy through dual-use components for drones and missiles and why Putin has long since been demoted to junior partner in this partnership.

In the 200-second interview: Konstantin von Notz (Greens), the deputy parliamentary group leader and member of the Parliamentary Control Committee. He strongly warns against underestimating China's intelligence and military aggression and classifies the latest Russian sabotage and disinformation attempts in Germany. After much hesitation and an intense political wrangling between the SPD and the CDU/CSU, the majority is in favor of a symbolic waiver of diets in the Bundestag. The increase in MP salaries planned for July has been cancelled. Rasmus Buchsteiner reports on the bureaucratic oddity in the Bundestag administration, which now has to pay out more money in order to demand it back later. The Berlin Playbook is available as a podcast every morning from 5 a.m. Gordon Repinski and the POLITICO team deliver politics to listen to - compact, international, in-depth. For all capital city professionals: The Berlin Playbook newsletter offers the most important topics and classifications every morning. ⁠Subscribe now for free.⁠ More from host and POLITICO Executive Editor Gordon Repinski: Instagram: ⁠@gordon.repinski⁠ | X: ⁠@GordonRepinski⁠ . POLITICO Germany - an offer from Axel Springer Deutschland GmbH Axel-Springer-Straße 65, 10888 Berlin Tel: +49 (30) 2591 0 ⁠information@axelspringer.de⁠ Registered office: District Court of Berlin-Charlottenburg, HRB 196159 B VAT ID number: DE 214 852 390 Managing Director: Carolin Hulshoff Pol, Mathias Sanchez Luna

Key points

• In the 200-second interview: Konstantin von Notz (Greens), the deputy parliamentary group leader and member of the Parliamentary Control Committee.
• He strongly warns against underestimating China's intelligence and military aggression and classifies the latest Russian sabotage and disinformation attempts in Germany.
• After much hesitation and an intense political wrangling between the SPD and the CDU/CSU, the majority is in favor of a symbolic waiver of diets in the Bundestag.
• The increase in MP salaries planned for July has been cancelled.
• Rasmus Buchsteiner reports on the bureaucratic oddity in the Bundestag administration, which now has to pay out more money in order to demand it back later.