Tomasz Makowski/Shutterstock. Save for later Print Download Share LinkedIn Twitter Chinese President Xi Jingping’s state visit to Russia this week shows a tightening of relations between the two countries, an important geopolitical milestone following Moscow’s distancing from the West due to its ongoing war in Ukraine. But it is also a crucial meeting in order to gauge the long-term potential for Moscow’s so-called Asia pivot and, in the shorter term, its effects on China’s appetite for spot LNG cargoes.
