Vladimir Putin should go to China "in May," says Reuters. The precise choreography of this trip not confirmed by Moscow will be closely scrutinized in the chancelleries.

China nervously observes the pas de deux of the “supreme leader” and the ‘tsar’ since their spectacular summit in Siberia last September. “Putin will have to go to Beijing first because he depends above all on China. If he goes to Pyongyang first, that would mean there's a serious problem...”