China Can Offer Little Help To Russia In Current Crisis

In the six days since Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was brought down by a missile over eastern Ukraine, amid intensifying suspicions of Russian involvement, the European Union has struggled to reconcile its desire to sanction Russia with its reliance on the country's energy resources. But for Russia, dealing with U.S. and EU sanctions since earlier this year in the wake of Ukraine crisis, the inverse dilemma is no less vexing: How to wean its economy off its dependence on European imports.