For months now, Vladimir Putin has been in a lockdown of his own making. Only days ago, the Russian president travelled abroad for the first time since the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest in March, which alleged he is responsible for the war crime of deporting and transferring children from occupied parts of Ukraine into Russia. After the short trip to Kyrgyzstan, he's now stepped beyond the former Soviet Union, arriving in China this morning for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Beijing has been tight-lipped on who's coming and hadn't confirmed Putin's ... (full story)