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The Kremlin said on Monday that it categorically disagreed with French President Emmanuel Macron who said that Russia had "entered a form of subservience with regards to China" since being shunned by the West over the conflict in Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia's ties with China were those of a strategic partner and had nothing to do with dependence. (Reporting by Reuters Editing by Andrew Osborn)