"Russia does not have LNG export terminals"
China just finished export and installation of 34 giant industrial processing modules to build just such a terminal in Siberia for export to southern China and are in the process of finishing a pipeline into northern China.
They'll be able to take 30% of Russia's gas output (almost all the Siberian exports) from Day 1 and that's less than 18 months away.
China sees it as a temporary thing until its gets all its nukes online, but that's a 20 year project. Russia sees it as lifting dependency on european exports. Perhaps this might explain why they've been acting a little more recklessly recently.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
