China’s President Xi Jinping is set to discuss energy cooperation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a state visit to Russia this week, with US sanctions and trade disputes making the partnership seem more valuable than ever to both sides. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Over the last decade Russia and China have significantly increased their energy links, with Russia ramping up supplies of crude and gas, and attracting Chinese investment into major new energy projects. Russia is currently subject to sanctions that limit access to Western financing and certain types of oil technology, and faces the prospect of further sanctions being imposed on its use of the dollar and extend limitations on Western companies’ involvement in Russian energy projects. Chinese officials are grappling with a similar degree of uncertainty over how to cope with new tariffs and prevent […]