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Power of Siberia Pipeline Strengthens Russia-China Ties
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The Power of Siberia gas pipeline brings Russia and China closer together, and reveals a new power dynamic between the two countries. --- In early December China received its first delivery of Russian natural gas through the Power of Siberia pipeline. The new pipeline crosses 1800 miles of Siberian wilderness from the Arctic to the Chinese border, and is vitally important to both countries. For Russia, the pipeline will be a source of much needed foreign revenue, and a counter to US and European economic sanctions that followed its annexation of Crimea in 2014. China, for its part, gains a new alternative to imports of liquefied natural gas, and improved energy security. Beyond Power of…