Russia wants to increase trade with China via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and become its top supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday.
Global InvestmentPresident Vladimir Putin visited China this week and invited global investment in the NSR which he said could deepen trade between east and west. The route runs from Murmansk near Russia’s border with Norway eastwards to the Bering Strait near Alaska. Novak, who...