A journey of friendship, cooperation and peace

STORY: A journey of friendship, cooperation and peace DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:10 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Russian): VITALY SAVELYEV, Russian Transport Minister 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Russian): IGOR SECHIN, Chief of Russian oil company Rosneft 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Russian): SERGEY LUKONIN, Russian Academy of Sciences 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ALEXANDER BOBROV, Director of School of Government and International Affairs, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Russian): ANATOLY TORKUNOV, President of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): MURAD GAZDIEV, RT reporter STORYLINE: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin agreed to strengthen bilateral ties based on principles of good-neighborliness, friendship and win-win cooperation, as well as to deepen the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. On March 20, Chinese Pr

Japan, Russian firms to develop oilfield

Japan, Russian firms to develop oilfield

TOKYO, Japan - Igor Sechin (L), CEO of Russia's state-owned oil giant Rosneft, and Toshiaki Kitamura, president of Japan's Inpex Corp., shake hands during a ceremony to sign documents in Tokyo on May 29, 2013. The oil companies agreed to jointly develop an offshore oilfield in the Okhotsk Sea.

Russian oil company head to help Japan efforts for Putin visit

Russian oil company head to help Japan efforts for Putin visit

Igor Sechin, head of Russia's largest publicly traded petroleum company Rosneft, gives a lecture in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2015. Sechin, regarded as a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said he would help Japan's efforts for Putin to visit at an early date. He also called for Japanese investment in Rosneft's planned big oil projects in the Russian Far East. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo