WASHINGTON, D.C.: On Wednesday, it finally happened—the pivot to Asia. No, not the United States. It was Russia that turned East.

In Shanghai, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a spectacular energy deal—$400 billion of Siberian natural gas to be exported to China over 30 years.

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