The Russian president’s trip will come just days after Trump’s meeting with Xi yielded no progress on key issues Russian President Vladimir Putin will make an official visit to China on May 19 and 20, the Kremlin has said. The Russian president has been invited to the country by his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, it said in a statement on Saturday. During the trip, Putin and Xi are expected to discuss bilateral relations, ways to further deepen strategic interaction between Moscow and Beijing,