Russian PM promotes eastern oil pipeline
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While Japan's relations with China are back up in the air, there are more signs Beijing's relationship with Moscow is warming up. Russia has infuriated Europe by saying it no longer recognises Mikhail Saakashvili as the leader of Georgia.
EU leaders have pulled back from imposing sanctions on Russia over its partial occupation of Georgia, but US Vice President Dick Cheney is on his way to the region in a show of support from Washington. Meantime, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been promoting Moscow's interests in energy-hungry Asia. He has been visiting Russia's Pacific coast, to push for a new oil pipeline linking Siberia to the eastern seaboard.
Presenter: Jeff Waters
Speakers: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin; Dr David Lockwood, analyst at Flinders University, Adelaide
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