Chinese navy joins Iran and Russian warships in Strait of Hormuz as US military watches from Gulf After #Russia, #China has now sent warships into the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions between Iran and the #UnitedStates. #VladimirPutin's advisor Nikolai Patrushev told a Russian newspaper Russia was working to build a multipolar world order on the oceans against what he called the Western hegemony. Earlier, #Moscow sent its Navy Baltic Fleet 'Stoikiy' corvette to #Iran's Bandar Abbas port. The Russi