Reprinted from Facebook (2018/02/15):
Russian liberals (Vladimir Milov this time) continue claiming the China gas deal is disastrous for Russia.
His argument this time? That Japan pays $200/mcm more for gas than what China gave Russia.
http://www.echo.msk.ru/blog/milov/1330024-echo/
He is either ignorant of or ignoring the fact that Japan imports gas as LNG, because it’s an island LOL. And the costs of liquefaction are not insubstantial, in fact they are around… well, $200/mcm LOL.