Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Security Council in Moscow's Kremlin March 21, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin
Putin Looks To Asia As West Threatens To Isolate Russia -- Reuters
(Reuters) - When President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty this week annexing Crimea to great fanfare in the Kremlin and anger in the West, a trusted lieutenant was making his way to Asia to shore up ties with Russia's eastern allies.
Forcing home the symbolism of his trip, Igor Sechin gathered media in Tokyo the next day to warn Western governments that more sanctions over Moscow's seizure of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine would be counter-productive.
The underlying message from the head of Russia's biggest oil company, Rosneft, was clear: If Europe and the United States isolate Russia, Moscow will look East for new business, energy deals, military contracts and political alliances.
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My Comment: Sorry Reuters but you are behind in the news. That Russian economic move to China has been happening for a long time .... Russia's Richest Oligarchs Are Divesting Away From America. My prediction .... the political and military/strategic move to Asia will follow.
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