Source: CGTN    Published: 2017-5-4

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a global economic endeavor linking Asia with Europe and Africa. Now, Russia is set to play a significant role.

From energy to infrastructure projects, Beijing is looking to build closer economic ties with Moscow.

Later this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping will host “The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation” in Beijing. And among those in attendance will be Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In 2015, the two countries reached a strategic agreement to integrate China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union.

Together, the two countries are working on more than 60 projects worth some $90 billion. CGTN’s Daria Bondarchuk reports from Moscow.

From energy to infrastructure projects, Beijing is looking to build closer economic ties with Moscow. CGTN`s Daria Bondarchuk reports from Moscow.

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Chen Chenchen was interviewed by CGTN America The Heat program.

For an in-depth discussion on how Moscow might fight in with China’s Belt & Road Initiative:

Chen Chenchen, deputy director and research fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University

Song Zhang, chief correspondent with Shanghai Wen Hui Daily

Maxim Mikhalev, program director for East Asia and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Countries at the Center for Crisis Society Studies

Anton Fedyashin, professor of Russian History at American University

Chen Chenchen is deputy director and research fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University.