Russia and China: the history of economic relations; challenges associated with integration of the economies
Introduced sanctions by Western countries, strengthened cooperation between Moscow and Beijing. In the Russian Federation, the Chinese economy is called the closest political partner. Beijing also says Moscow in friendship. However, relations between the two countries are extremely mixed. Moscow does not always understand the motives and logic of behavior of the Chinese, and they in turn strive to extract maximum benefit from the fact that the number of Russian economic partners has decreased significantly.