China and Russia: friendship is friendship, but free trade is apart
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), an ambitious project promoted by Beijing, is expected to be signed in Hanoi on Sunday. Experts are surprised that Russia will not be among the signatories. Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is noted that as a result, the world's largest free trade zone will be created, covering approximately three billion consumers, and the total GDP will be about a third of the world.…