https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/90f6e924-5201-42f7-8781-b793bd11a147 Russia spent years warning its citizens about foreign influence while quietly becoming dependent on China. Chinese companies, logistics networks, labor, and trade are reshaping entire regions as Moscow struggles with sanctions and wartime isolation. The Kremlin still talks like a superpower, but the balance inside the Russia–China relationship is shifting rapidly. As the war in Ukraine drags on, Russia may be discovering that geopolitical dependence can arrive without a single shot being fired. In this episode of Eastern Express, host Jonasz Rewiński and his guest, Reuben F. Johnson, Director of the Asia Research Center at the Casimir Pulaski Foundation, examine how Beijing’s economic reach is transforming Russia’s Far East, from Kamchatka to the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction: LNG trade as case of Russia's dependence on China 02:41 Introduction: How Russia’s Far East became closer to Beijing than Moscow 06:34 Interview: Three decades of China making inroads into Russia’s Far East 09:04 Interview: The nature of Chinese dominance 14:11 Interview: Local pragmatism vs. Moscow’s authority 19:04 Interview: Comparison of living conditions in China and Russia as source of discontent 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/m4mVcUReR6Y Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #russia #china #putin Fri, 15 May 2026 01:04:00 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/90f6e924-5201-42f7-8781-b793bd11a147 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.