During the Putin government, important agreements were signed with China, among which two are outstanding: that of strategic cooperation, which makes both countries allied both economically and militarily, valid for 20 years; and the definite recognition of frontiers, removing the old Russian fear of a forced annexation of the south of Siberia on the part of the Chinese. Russia also is diversifying its exports of oil and gas (up to today directed almost completely to the USA and Europe), building the first oil pipelines and gas pipelines bound for China and Japan. Finally, Sino-Russian cooperation is crucial to resolve the problem of a nuclear North Korean program, since they are the only two states that maintain good relations with the isolated regime of Pyongyang.
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India also is a very important partner for several decades. In the times of the USSR, India was the only country of the Warsaw Pact that received the most sophisticated arms. Today, India purchases the most modern Russian arms, as it also participates in the development of some. Moreover, they cooperate in the nuclear, naval and space sector. In spite of the fact that the USA looked to increase interchange with New Delhi, up until now Russia keeps on being the principal partner in strategic sectors.
Russia is important again in the Middle East, thanks to its good relations with Syria, Iran and the Palestinian Authority. Some accusations, principally from the USA and Israel, allege Moscow arms warlike and terrorist countries (Syria and Iran are implied) and gives them nuclear technology, these charges are completely unfounded. The sales of arms for Syria and Iran were small and limited to anti-aircraft defense systems, which cannot be used in offensive operations. The atomic cooperation on Iran confines itself to the construction of a nuclear power facility for generation of energy, supervised by the International Agency of Atomic Energy, and it cannot be used to make enriched uranium or plutonium for the manufacture of nuclear weapons. Iran has a uranium enrichment central office, whose technology was obtained through Pakistan, and Russia objects to this program. Be that as it may, according to the declarations of the AIEA and even of the intelligence services of the USA (contradicting president George Bush), there is no evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.
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