SHANGHAI, May 21 (UPI) -- Russia and China have signed a mammoth natural gas deal that is estimated to be worth over $400 billion, and has been nearly 10 years in the making.
The 30-year deal was signed between Russia's Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corp, and comes at a time when the former is trying to find an alternate buyer for its gas after it may face European economic sanctions for Russia's involvement in the Ukraine crisis.