Spotlight | China, Russia
Russian oligarchs get cold shoulder in China

Igor Sechin, Gennady Timchenko and Oleg Deripaska.
Igor Sechin, Gennady Timchenko and Oleg Deripaska. © SergeiKarpukhin/POOL/EPA/MaxPPP/ YuriKochetkov/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP/ Remy Steinegger/Photoshot/MaxPPP
Despite the friendly rapport between China and Russia's leaders, Russian energy and mining chiefs including Igor Sechin, wannabe intermediaries for the Kremlin, have received a lukewarm reception in Beijing. [...]
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