• Putin Hits on China's First Lady, Censors Go Wild BY BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN

Putin Hits on China's First Lady, 

Censors Go Wild 

Russia’s Don Juan-in-chief just got a little too friendly with Xi Jinping's wife. BY BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN

• Hammered by the West, Putin Turns East - KEITH JOHNSON

Hammered by the West, Putin Turns East
KEITH JOHNSON

Russia and China are close to another mammoth natural gas deal that could reshape the world's energy map.

ht as the West is tightening the screws on Russia's energy sector,Vladimir Putin is accelerating his own pivot to the east, moving closer to another giant natural gas deal with China.