“Russia’s friends in Asia are crucial to its war effort, with China at the forefront,” Stoltenberg said, highlighting that Beijing has been supplying high-end technology and dual-use items such as semiconductors to Russia. “Last year, Russia imported 90 percent of its micro-electronics from China, which are used to produce missiles, tanks, and aircraft.” This support, he noted, “enables Moscow to inflict more death and destruction on Ukraine, strengthens Russia’s defense industrial base, and helps it evade the impact of sanctions and export controls.” “China cannot claim to want good relations…