China Secures Massive Discount on Russian Gas as Moscow’s Leverage Weakens
Russia is giving China a huge discount on natural gas purchases, underscoring the Kremlin’s fiscal dependency on Beijing. The Moscow Times (MT), citing Russian Duma documentation, shows that China will pay an average of approximately $248 per thousand cubic meters of pipeline gas in 2026, compared w
Source: OilPrice.com
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DW NOTE
Russia is selling gas to China at a discount steep enough to make headlines — which means steep enough that Moscow had no other buyers at anything close to market. When your only customer is also your only border that isn't frozen or hostile, you take the price you're offered.