(UPI) - On May 14 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered the construction of the second stage of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS-2), an offshoot of the Druzhba pipeline built in Soviet times to pump oil to Europe through Belarus and terminals in the Baltic countries.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will travel to Kazakhstan and China this week on a maiden foreign trip intended to serve as a reminder that the troublesome West is not the only place Russia can find partners.
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