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    China And Russia Hold "Massive" Joint Naval Drill: This Is What It Looked Like

    Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/24/2014 16:23 -0400

    A month ago, when the fate of the historic (and now concluded) gas deal between Russia and China was still unknown we wrote that "Isolated Russia Makes Friends: To Hold Military Drill With China", a drill titled "Maritime Cooperation-2014", and which, coincidentally, is taking place in the northern part (ahem Japan and Taiwan) of the East China Sea, just as Russia is conducting another massive airforce drill along its border with Ukraine on the weekend of Ukraine's presidential election.
    As part of the drill, which is taking place between May 20 and 26, the Chinese and Russian naval vessels conducted maneuvers in the exercise area covering such missions as joint escort, joint rescue the hijacked ship, a joint verification of identification and joint air, sea assault on joint exercises and other subjects.
    Here are some snapshots of what has taken place so far

    Chinese and Russian warships lined a single column appeared and began firing drills.

    More ships sailing in single line.

    Russian warships appeared.

    Chinese and Russian warships lined up in a column appeared, ready for sea, air and underwater targets firing.

    Destroyer "Zhengzhou" , the supply ship "Qiandaohu" and destroyer "Ningbo"

    Ship missile destroyer Harbin firing guns

    Missile destroyer Ningbo.

    Missile destroyer Ningbo fires its auxiliary ship-to-air gunds

    Missile destroyer Ningbo firing its gun

    Resulting rocket depth

    Russian cruiser Varyag, flagship of the Pacific fleet

    Russian warship Admiral Panteleev

    Varyag again, with Ka-27 helicopter in background

    Liuzhou ship missile frigate conducting real fire drill. At 8:00 on the 24th of May, the first surface ship fleet ship missile destroyer Ningbo, again sounding the alarm combat exercises, joint anti-submarine exercises in full swing. The formation was composed of three warships conducting the submarine search.

    The Zhengzhou missile destroyer first discovered the "enemy" submarines, reported the fleet command, guiding Russia "Admiral Panteleyev" large anti-submarine ship-borne helicopters sent successfully implemented on the target submarine attack.

    Source: mil.cnr.cn

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    Putin Post-Mortem: "Unipolar Model Of World Is Over... Give Us Our Money"


    Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2014 15:39 -0400

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    Vladimir Putin has concluded his lengthy interview having covered everything from "the end of the unipolar model of the world" - i.e. de-dollarization - to US and Europe's responsibility for Ukraine's "full-scale civil war." The Russian leader noted that he's "trying to help Ukraine" but following the loans from the IMF asks "where's our money?" and warned that US sanctions have had little effect on the Russian economy but will have a boomerang effect. The following distills his 120 minute discussion... Putin "expects common sense to prevail."


    • RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN SPEAKING IN ST. PETERSBURG
    • *PUTIN SAYS HE EXPECTS COMMON SENSE TO PREVAIL


    De-Dollarization


    • *PUTIN SAYS UNIPOLAR MODEL OF WORLD HAS RUN ITS COURSE
    • *PUTIN SAYS IMF REFORM HAS HALTED
    • *PUTIN: NEW LEADERS DON'T WANT TO HEAR ALTERNATIVE VIEWS
    • *PUTIN SAYS ALTERNATIVE CENTERS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH FORMING
    • *PUTIN SAYS DOHA ROUND OF WTO ISN'T MOVING FORWARD
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA-CHINA COOPERATION TO HELP BOOST GLOBAL GROWTH
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA TO BOOST RUBLE, YUAN IN TRADE W/ CHINA

    Sanctions


    • *PUTIN SAYS CLEAR THAT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ARE POLITICAL PRESSURE
    • *PUTIN SAYS ECONOMIC SANCTIONS HAVE BOOMERANG EFFECT
    • *PUTIN SAYS SANCTIONS TARGETING PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM
    • *PUTIN SAYS HE'S PROUD TO HAVE SUCH PATRIOTIC FRIENDS
    • *PUTIN SAYS SANCTIONS HURT FRIENDS' BUSINESSES
    • *PUTIN SAYS SANCTIONS AREN'T FAIR, AREN'T LEGAL
    • *PUTIN SAYS FRIENDS BROUGHT MONEY TO RUSSIA BEFORE SANCTIONS
    • *PUTIN SAYS DOESN'T UNDERSTAND TALK ON 3RD ROUND OF SANCTIONS
    • *PUTIN SAYS SANCTIONS NOT HAVING WIDESPREAD EFFECT ON ECONOMY
    • *PUTIN TELLS BUSINESS NOT TO GIVE IN TO BLACKMAIL, WE'LL HELP

    Russian Economy


    • PUTIN COMMENTS ON ACCESS TO RUSSIA'S ENERGY DEPOSITS
    • PUTIN: RUSSIA'S MOST PROMISING INVESTMENTS ARE ON SHELF
    • *PUTIN SAYS KOVYKTA, CHAYANDA HAVE GAS RESERVES FOR 50 YRS



    • *PUTIN SAYS CENTRAL BANK'S WORK TO CLEAN UP BANK SYSTEM NOT EASY
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIAN BANK CLEANUP HAS COSTS FOR BUDGET
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE CLEANING UP BANKING SYSTEM
    • *PUTIN SAYS NEED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CHEAP LOANS FOR SME
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA IS CHANGING, QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVING
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIAN FDI LAST YR ALMOST $80B INCLUDING ROSNEFT
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIAN GROWTH SLOWDOWN HAS FOREIGN, DOMESTIC CAUSES
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA ALREADY RESPONDING TO SLOWER GDP GROWTH
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIAN ECONOMY NEEDS GREATER LABOR MOBILITY
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA MODERNIZING ITS DEFENSE INDUSTRY
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA TO MAKE CHEAPER INVESTMENT FUNDS AVAILABLE
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIAN GOVT, CENTRAL BANK WORKING ON FINANCING
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA TO RECAPITALIZE SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT BANKS

    Eurasia

    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA TO BOOST TIES WITH ASIA, PACIFIC REGION
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA IS WORKING ON MAJOR EURASIAN INTEGRATION
    • *PUTIN SAYS MAY 29 EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION SIGNING IS MAJOR STEP
    • *PUTIN SAYS UNION WILL INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS
    • *PUTIN SAYS CHINA DEAL BOOSTS ENERGY, METALS, PIPEMAKERS
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA IS CHANGING, QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVING

    Ukraine


    • *PUTIN SAYS U.S., EUROPE RESPONSIBLE FOR UKRAINE SITUATION
    • *PUTIN SAYS U.S., EUROPE WANT RUSSIA TO CLEAN UP THEIR MESS
    • *PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE IN CHAOS, CIVIL WAR
    • *PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE IN FULL-SCALE CIVIL WAR NOW
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA NOT TO BLAME FOR CIVIL WAR IN UKRAINE
    • *PUTIN SAYS WEST SUPPORTED STATE REVOLUTION IN UKRAINE



    • *PUTIN SAYS ANY CLASHES WILL END IN TALKS; BETTER THEY START NOW
    • *PUTIN SAYS KIEV GOVT CONTINUES PUNITIVE CAMPAIGN IN EAST
    • *PUTIN SAYS UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS DYING FROM MILITARY CAMPAIGN
    • *PUTIN SAYS PEOPLE IN UKRAINE WANT COUNTRY TO GET OUT OF CRISIS
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA WILL RESPECT CHOICE OF UKRAINIAN PEOPLE
    • *PUTIN SAYS YANUKOVYCH NOT LEGALLY REMOVED FROM PRESIDENCY
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA WANTS SOME KIND OF CALMING IN UKRAINE
    • *PUTIN SAYS WANTS PEACE, CALM IN UKRAINE
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA WILL WORK WITH ELECTED UKRAINE PRESIDENT
    • *PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE ELECTION DOESN'T MEET MODERN STANDARDS
    • *PUTIN SAYS HE PERSONALLY WORKED ON UKRAINIAN PROBLEMS
    • *PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR HIM
    • *PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE PROBABLY NOT VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR U.S.
    • *PUTIN SAYS MUST ACT CAREFULLY IN FORMER SOVIET UNION
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA HAS NOTHING TO HIDE ON CRIMEA
    • *PUTIN: CRIMEA COULD HAVE BEEN BIGGER TRAGEDY THAN IN ODESSA
    • *PUTIN ASKS FOR OBJECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF DECISION ON CRIMEA



    • *PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE ABUSING ITS POSITION AS TRANSIT COUNTRY
    • *PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE REFUSING TO PAY UNDER ITS GAS CONTRACT
    • *PUTIN SAYS HE KNOWS UKRAINE IN DIFFICULT ECONOMIC SITUATION
    • *PUTIN SAYS `WE'RE TRYING TO HELP' UKRAINE, PROVIDED $3B LOAN
    • *PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE'S GAS DEBT IS GROWING
    • *PUTIN SAYS `WHERE'S OUR MONEY,' WHERE DID MULTIBILLION HELP GO



    • *PUTIN SAYS HE HOPES AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED ON UKRAINE
    • *PUTIN: RUSSIA GAVE ABOUT 10BCM OF GAS FREE TO UKRAINE
    • *PUTIN SAYS WEST ISN'T GOING TO BUY UKRAINE'S DEFENSE GOODS
    • *PUTIN SAYS 245 UKRAINIAN FIRMS PROVIDE DEFENSE GOODS TO RUSSIA
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA TRIED TO SHOW UKRAINE EU PACT WAS HARMFUL

    Europe

    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA HAS ONLY SEEN SLOGANS FROM EU
    • *PUTIN SAYS EUROPE IS RUSSIA'S MAIN TRADING PARTNER
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA READY TO WORK WITH EU, EU MEMBERS SEPARATELY
    • *PUTIN SAYS HOPES EUROPE REMAINS RUSSIA'S KEY TRADING PARTNER

    US

    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA DIDN'T RUIN RELATIONS WITH U.S.
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA CONTINUES COOPERATION WITH U.S.
    • *PUTIN: U.S. WANTS TO CONTINUE MILITARY TRANSIT TO AFGHANISTAN
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA, U.S. HAVE MANY AREAS FOR COOPERATION
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA, U.S. CONTINUE WORK TOGETHER ON IRAN
    • *PUTIN SAYS HE'S OPTIMISTIC U.S. TIES CAN BE NORMALIZED
    • *PUTIN SAYS U.S. MAY BE SEEKING TRADE ADVANTAGES W/ EUROPE

    Snowden

    • *PUTIN SAYS SNOWDEN WOULD HAVE LEFT RUSSIA IF NOT FOR U.S.
    • *PUTIN SAYS SNOWDEN CONSIDERS HIMSELF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
    • *PUTIN SAYS SNOWDEN NOT RUSSIAN AGENT
    • *PUTIN SAYS SNOWDEN SITTING IN RUSSIA, NOW WHAT?
    • *PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA DOESN'T DUMP OVERBOARD HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
    • *PUTIN SAYS SNOWDEN NOT GIVING RUSSIA ANY INFORMATION



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    What It's All About: Russia, China Begin Construction Of World's Largest Gas Pipeline

    Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/01/2014 18:12 -0400

    If after months of Eurasian axis formation, one still hasn't realized why in the grand game over Ukraine supremacy - not to mention superpower geopolitics - Europe, and the West, has zero leverage, while Russia has all the trump cards, then today's latest development in Chinese-Russian cooperation should make it abundantly clear.
    Overnight, following a grand ceremony in the Siberian city of Yakutsk, Russia and China officially began the construction of a new gas pipeline linking the countries. The bottom line to Russia - nearly half a trillion after China's CNPC agreed to buy $400bn in gas from Russia's Gazprom back in May. In return, Russia will ship 38 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas annually over a period of 30 years. The 3,968 km pipeline linking gas fields in eastern Siberia to China will be the world's largest fuel network in the world.

    As BBC reports, "the deal will lessen Russia's dependence on European buyers, who have imposed economic sanctions because of the crisis in Ukraine." That is not news and has been known for months ever since the long-anticipated Holy Grail deal was signed in May. More importantly, as Zero Hedge reported last week, one awaits as the invoices become increasingly less denominated in USD, and more in CNY or RUB. Most importantly, and confirming the significance of Russia's pivot away from Europe, which ultimately can have Qatar's gas it so very desires, irrelevant how many thousands of innocent people have to die, the construction ceremony was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli.

    China will start work on the construction of its side of the pipeline in the first half of 2015, Mr Zhang said.

    The first gas will be pumped from Siberia to north-east China in early 2019.

    Over the past 10 years, China has used other gas suppliers. Turkmenistan is now China's largest foreign gas supplier. Last year, it started importing piped natural gas from Myanmar.
    Increasingly it appears that China will defer to Russia when it comes to cementing bilateral commodity deals, especially if it means further distancing both sides from what has emerged as a natural foe to both aspirational nations: the United States.
    Here is what Putin had to say about the latest gas pipeline, soon to be the world's largest, during the groundbreaking ceremony outside the city of Yakutsh, via RT: "The new gas branch will significantly strengthen the economic cooperation with countries in the Asia-Pacific region and above all - our key partner China."
    Once we create a gas pipeline network here in the Far East and Siberia, we will be able to connect European pipeline system to the East. And this, in terms of export opportunities and expanding Russia’s ‘gasification’, is very beneficial. Depending on the situation in world markets, we can more effectively implement gas flows- either more to the West or to the East,” Putin told students at North-Eastern Federal University earlier on Monday.


    More:

    Both President Putin and Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli signed the freshly-welded pipeline in a time-honored Russian tradition. The 'Power of Siberia' was welded together by workers from Chayanda gas field, overseen by CEO Aleksey Miller.

    "Gazprom is always a reliable supplier of gas to its customers - which also applies to the ‘Power of Siberia," Miller said.

    The 3,968 km pipeline linking gas fields in eastern Siberia to China will be the world's largest fuel network in the world. Both Putin and Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli have called the project the world’s largest construction project, as investment from both countries will be more than $70 billion.

    “The gas pipeline ‘Power of Siberia’ will increase energy security and ensure Russia’s ability to fulfill export obligations,” Putin said in the opening remarks.

    Starting in 2019, Power of Siberia will pump gas from Siberia to China’s populous northeast region as well as to Russia’s Far East. The Chinese side will start the construction of its part of the pipeline in the first half of 2015, the Vice Premier of China said.

    Last year, China consumed about 170 billion cubic meters of natural gas and expects to consume 420 billion cubic meters per year by 2020. Europe still remains Russia’s largest energy market, buying more than 160 billion meters of Russian natural gas in 2013.
    So while the west is no longer able to find any growth opportunities, with the marginal free cash flow dollar increasingly going in stock buybacks, Russia has no such problems: running from the Chayanda gas field in the Republic of Yakutia, the cost of construction is estimated at more than $20 billion (770 billion rubles), which includes other investment in the region of $7.5 billion (283 billion rubles). Russia’s largest steel pipeline manufacturer, TMK, will provide materials for the project.

    The gas pipeline will become a common transit center for gas production centers in the Yakutia and Irkutsk regions.

    The first stage of the project will be to transport gas from the Chayanda deposit in Yakutia and connect to the town of Blagoveshchensk on the Chinese border. The 968 km pipeline should be completed by 2018.

    The Chayanda field, which will begin production in 2015, is estimated to have reserves of 1.2 trillion cubic meters in gas and 93 million tons of liquid hydrocarbons. Each year the field is expected to produce up to 25 billion cubic meters of gas and at least 1.5 million tons of oil.

    Putin also said that China can become a shareholder in the Vankor oil and gas fields in the Krasnoyarsk region in Eastern Siberia. China will enter into a strategic relationship with Rosneft, Russia's largest oil company, which owns the field.
    But, Obama keeps repeating Russia is isolated by the entire world... Is he once again simply, gasp, lying?
    To summarize all of the above: while Europe will continue to depend on Russia for its gas imports indefinitely, Russia will no longer depend on Europe for its experts.
    Finally, a video of today's festivities if only for Russia, not so much the countries which are "isolating" it...



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