The heads of Russia's Gazprom and China's energy company CNPC discussed future Russian gas supplies to China during talks in Beijing, Gazprom said on Friday, as Moscow seeks stronger ties with the world's biggest energy consumer.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas that Beijing does not want Russia to be defeated in the war in Ukraine, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

China and Russia’s growing military-technical cooperation aims to preserve strategic stability, but it could have the opposite effect.

Washington has said the treatment of Glavprodukt, the only U.S. company Moscow has seized, will influence a planned reset of U.S.-Russia relations.

Washington said its response to the treatment of Glavprodukt — the only American company seized by Moscow — would affect the planned reset of U.S.-Russia relations, which now appears deadlocked,” the report said.

China has become trendy for Russians who once worshiped everything Western. Young people are learning Mandarin, and Chinese culture and goods have become ubiquitous in Moscow.