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Daniel Yergin

The Russians are turning east to the Chinese - to the Europeans' surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to being based in oil and gas.

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Daniel Yergin is pointing out that Russia is increasingly aligning with China, which has caught European countries off guard. He believes this partnership is moving away from shared communist ideology toward practical economic interests, especially in energy resources like oil and gas.

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