The East is red again: Vladimir Putin turns to China for new alliance with Russia’s biggest…

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 10:30 EST, 20 May 2014 | Jill Reilly

[Olog-hai]

Amid a bitter crisis in relations with the West over Ukraine, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has turned to China to form a new alliance.

Putin, who called Russia’s biggest neighbor his “reliable friend”, is in Shanghai to agree on a widely anticipated multibillion-dollar natural gas sale.

A deal would give Moscow an economic and political boost at a time of Western sanctions, although China has been warned by the US to avoid taking steps that might offset the ban. …

[Olog-hai]

Full Daily Mail title:

The East is red again: Vladimir Putin turns to China for new alliance with Russia’s biggest neighbor and ‘reliable friend’ in sign of renewed Cold War

Just where was that “reset button” manufactured, anyway?

[henkster]

although China has been warned by the US to avoid taking steps that might offset the ban.

Or what, exactly?

[MinorityRepublican]

Totalitarian regimes allying with each other? What a surprise!

[Olog-hai]

I’d like to see a reporter ask that of Obama directly.

[clearcarbon]

"Totalitarian regimes allying with each other? What a surprise!"

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