When it comes to energy, Europe has been one of Russia's biggest export markets, accounting, for example, for around 20 percent of the latter's natural gas production. But times are changing. In future, a region that now consumes a much smaller share of Russia's output is set to become an equally sizeable customer, as Russia Today reports in "Asia to Become Biggest Consumer of Russian Energy":
Asian markets will import up to 20% of Russia’s energy production until 2020, says Dmitry Streltsov from the Moscow State University of International Relations, commenting on the new gas deal between Russia and China.
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