Holding on to their power: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. As long as the two men are at the top, Russia and China will remain close, says security analyst Brian Carlson, who specialises in the two countries. Sputnik The question of who will succeed leaders in China and Russia is far from resolved, says Brian Carlson, a political analyst at the Center for Security Studies in Zurich. That said, he sees little chance of upheaval in the two major autocracies. This content was published on December 23, 2022 - 09:00 Marc Leutenegger SWI swissinfo.ch: Since the Cold War, we have...