"Lenders of last resort": Sino-Russian rivalry in Belarus?

"Lenders of last resort": Sino-Russian rivalry in Belarus?

Press quote (Belarus Digest)
Katinka Barysch
30 November 2011

A report [Russia, China and the geopolitics of energy in Central Asia] released by the CER last week illustrates how rapidly China has entered the post-Soviet "backyard" in search of oil and gas resources, particularly in Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Russia is concerned that this energy hunt may lead China to lay claim to parts of Siberia in future.