From Pipe Dream to Pipe Reality

Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Moscow on Monday will provide ample opportunity for Russian and Chinese leaders to sit down and assess the past, present and future of energy cooperation between the two countries. While Moscow and Beijing already work together in a variety of areas including trade, arms and diplomacy, energy has the momentum at present. With Russia rivaling Saudi Arabia to be the world’s largest oil producer and China the second-largest oil consumer, the logic for cooperation is clear. Yet distrust, suspicion and envy have stymied the development of this relationship.

MoscowTimes