Rosneft is struggling under Western sanctions. Beijing can help, but it can’t solve all of Moscow’s energy problems.

Checked by Western sanctions, Russia’s Siberian LNG ambitions may rely on Chinese financiers.

Beijing seems almost as ready as Moscow to sign a massive new gas deal this year.

Russia is considering allowing Chinese investors to own more than 50 percent of some of its biggest oil and gas fields.

Moscow is ramping up oil sales to Asia while it works on finalizing a second massive gas deal with China.