Russia’s Energy Partners Are Moving a Bit Closer

News Snapshot:

Welcome to our guide to the commodities markets powering the global economy. Today, senior reporter Dan Murtaugh writes on the energy triangle between China, India and Russia as their leaders meet in Tianjin. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s get-together could hardly have come at a better moment for China’s leader. At a time when the US is amping up its aggressive rhetoric, Xi Jinping and his Russian and Indian counterparts have been in the port city of Tianjin declaring friendship and “privileged partnership.”