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Russia, China, two Koreas: gas games
It’s not surprising that energy experts have poured cold water on the Kremlin’s latest efforts to promote a plan to export Siberian gas across the Korean peninsula. Relations between North and South...
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Guest post: Russia needs the Brics
By Sergei Karaganov Many traits in Russian contemporary development cause me grave concern. Systemic corruption, for example; weak institutions; the manipulation of politics by an authoritarian...
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Xi Jinping visit to Moscow raises prospects of China-Russia energy deals
Xi Jinping has picked Moscow as the first foreign capital he will visit as Chinese president, raising hopes that Russia and China will finally agree the terms of a gas supply deal that has been in the...
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China-Russia: a whole lot of energy deals
A three day visit to Moscow by Xi Jinping got off to a flying start on Friday with the signature of a clutch of agreements that will deepen energy ties between Russia and China. As the Chinese...
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TNK-BP: more oil for China
The $55bn sale of BP’s troubled Russian partnership, TNK-BP, to Russia’s Rosneft has created a new oil major – from size, that much is clear. But what will be the effect on trade? Harder to say, but...
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Rosneft-CNPC: getting cosy
Rosneft has agreed to allow CNPC to help develop east Siberian oil resources in a move that underscores deepening energy ties between Russia and China. Coming on the eve of an official visit by Dmitry...
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Kazakhs to the rescue as Russia hits China oil limit
Scheme of the ESPO oil pipeline route | Source: Centre for Eastern Studies Rosneft’s plans to step up oil deliveries to China will strain Russia’s new eastern oriented export pipelines to the limit. A...
View ArticleEurochem: looking to China with Migao
The battle between Russia and Belarus over potash assets that has roiled global fertiliser markets this year has not thrown Moscow-based Eurochem off track. The Russian agrochemicals group is expanding...
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Russia’s Sukhoi eyes big jet deal with Chinese company
Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aviation has reached a preliminary agreement to supply up to 100 Superjet-100’s to China in what would be by far the biggest sale yet of its flagship regional passenger jet. Apart...
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Guest post: sanctions on Russia will rebound
By Ben Aris of bne The shouting match between west and east continues but the Russian stock market is up sharply this week, as President Vladimir Putin travels to China where he is expected to sign a...
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Guest post: despite gas deal, Russia’s economy is wilting
By Andrew Foxall of The Henry Jackson Society Russia may have completed decade-long negotiations to sell gas to China in a deal worth US$400 bn over the next 30 years, but the agreement barely begins...
View ArticleRosneft and Gazprom: two behemoths battle it out
Rosneft has raised the stakes in its campaign to strip Gazprom of its monopoly over Russian gas exports. In a sharply worded statement on Tuesday, Russia’s state oil company threatened to take Gazprom...
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China winning from Russia-Ukraine crisis
As European leaders threatened yet tougher sanctions to punish Russia for its aggressive policies in Ukraine on Monday, Vladimir Putin was thousands of miles away in oil rich east Siberia making...
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Guest post: Russia’s shift away from US dollar is welcome
By Vladimir Kolychev, VTB Capital Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this month that Russia should aim to sell its oil and gas for roubles globally, because “the dollar monopoly in energy trade...
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Guest post: Russia and China – Friends or ‘frenemies’?
By Joseph Dobbs, European Leadership Network Russian aggression towards Ukraine this past year has seen Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, lambasted by Western leaders. China has desisted from such...
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Will Russia and China ride to Greece’s rescue?
Whenever some hapless country has a debt crisis these days, rescue negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other lenders are often enlivened by rumours and speculation that Russia...
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Guest post: China and Russia – allies not frenemies in central Asia
By Diana Gapak, Daniyar Kosnazarov and Gavin Bowring Often likened to being “between a rock and a hard place”, Central Asia’s relatively isolated position has required it to maintain consistent and...
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Hurdles ahead along the “New Silk Road”
By Wolfgang Lehmacher and Victor Padilla-Taylor, World Economic Forum In October 2012, Wang Jisi – professor at Beijing University – urged China to re-open its ancient commercial trade routes with the...
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Beyond the Trump-Putin warmth, tough decisions lurk
By Ariel Cohen, Atlantic Council The mood is festive in the Russian capital, and expectations are high that Donald Trump’s elections may turn a new page in the difficult relationship between Moscow and...
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