| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : RUCIS, China, Russia, Central Asia, Turkmenistan | | | | TOPICS : industry, international relations, capital flows, corporate, energy, foreign investment, foreign trade, gas, integration, oil, policy, productivity, talks, coal, electricity, infrastructure, nuclear energy, prices, technology | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Beijing earlier this month yielded commercial deals worth 3.5 billion dollars and a sweeping framework for bilateral energy cooperation. China's interest in Russian hydrocarbons is motivated by a desire to meet growing demand and diversify import sources. Russia stands to gain from reducing its dependence on European energy markets and using exports to China to develop Russia's Far Eas |
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