Bilateral trade between China and Russia returned to pre-crisis levels in 2010, exceeding USD 55 billion. Russia is eager to attract Chinese investment in sectors such as energy and telecoms, while China seeks to secure long-term oil and gas supplies from Russia. In this edition's longer feature, Nikita Popov writes about China Investment Corporation's investment in the secondary public offering of Russia second-largest bank in February 2010, potentially the beginning of a new trend in Chinese investment in Russia.

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