From the Editor: Power of Siberia 2 deal still eludes Russia [Gas in Transition]
From the Editor: Power of Siberia 2 deal still eludes Russia [Gas in Transition]
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From the Editor: Power of Siberia 2 deal still eludes Russia [Gas in Transition]
Summary
Russia is strongly pushing for a 50bn m3/year gas pipeline to China, but Beijing remains non-committal. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 3] by: NGW
The visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping to Moscow on March 20 to meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was greatly anticipated. The trip – Xi’s first to the Russian capital since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February last year – had clear political importance for both nations. Xi was able to promote Beijing’s 12-point peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine which it unveiled a month earlier, with the aim of portraying China as a constructive and responsible global power while pushing back against accusations that it is siding with Russian aggression. Putin, on the other hand, sought to demonstrate that despite Western atte...
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