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$9.1 Bil stake by CEFC for 14.2% of Rosneft is one of largest Chinese investments in Russia & China's 2nd largest oil/gas acquisition /2 
Glencore & QIA sold 14.16% Rosneft to CEFC China Energy at16% premium /3
Here are the 5 largest recent investments by China in Russia /4
One of the biggest recent Chinese investments in Russia is funding for 20% of the Arctic Yamal LNG /5
Russian natural resources are important to China, and Chinese funding is important alternative for Russia, given US and Europe sanctions /6
CEFC China Energy may also invest in Deripaska controlled aluminum/power company En+ /7
En+ may do a $1 Bil IPO on the London Stock Exchange in the next few months /8
In May, Hong-Kong listed RUSAL, 48% owned by En+/Deripaska, did a $1.7 Bil 'Panda bond' offering /9
In July China Development Bank agreed to provide $11 Bil to two Russian investment groups /10
and a joint Russia-China Investment Fund has plans to invest in infrastructure development, tourism and healthcare /11
Some of the Russia-China infrastructure investment is related to China's ambitious 'Belt and Road' project /12
cnn.com/2017/05/13/asi…
cnn.com/2017/05/13/asi…
In July Russia & China set up $10 Bil fund (w/RDIF & CDB) to invest in One Belt, One Road project /13
chinamoneynetwork.com/2017/07/06/rus…
chinamoneynetwork.com/2017/07/06/rus…
China's One Belt, One Road vision includes 68 countries with focus on trade in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa /14
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Belt_…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Belt_…
Russia & China have also been conducting joint military exercises 100 miles from the Russia-North Korean border /15 latimes.com/world/la-un-ge…
While Trump focuses on MAGA, Russia & China are strengthening ties and pushing back on a US-led world order /END
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