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Russia’s hard-pressed oligarchs were reluctant to commit to long-term deals when they were not negotiating from a position of strength. Laying the necessary infrastructure eastward was monumentally expensive and Russia’s elite were leery of opening up Siberia to ever greater Chinese influence.
