China took a strategic decision to increase purchases of natural gas in the US, and this development was a real shock for Russia. This is reported by the "Patriots of Ukraine" with reference to the Russian media.
The fact is that Moscow has already invested several tens of billions of dollars in the "Siberia Power" gas pipeline, which should sharply increase gas supplies to China.
Thus, the decision taken by Beijing suddenly turned into a catastrophic loss for Moscow.
Moreover, the data received about China's energy balance show that in the medium term Beijing will not need Russian gas at all. For Russia, this is not only losses from already spent money on the gas pipeline, but also lost profits in the future from energy supplies to the country. Such news can be a serious blow to the Russian economy, the strength and success of which is still entirely dependent on the prices of hydrocarbons in foreign markets.