Alkaa taas poliittista kenttää seuratessa hiukan tuntumaan, että Suomikin on jo "hoidossa" ... mutta tuo monkoolia:
http://theconversation.com/russias-...old-big-brother-to-counterbalance-china-36721
Yet wrangling between Rio Tinto and the government over the terms of the deal
has stalled the development, slowed the economy and led to public disillusionment. The Democratic president,
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, has had to turn to his first and second neighbours for loans and bilateral trade agreements, receiving the Chinese premier Xi Jinping
last August and Putin
in September.
Although China is by far the bigger trade partner, Russia remains the more popular of the two, and Putin played his hand well. He agreed to visa-free travel between Russia and Mongolia to widespread satisfaction. The Mongolian public retains a certain amount of nostalgic sympathy for Russia and this has been strengthened by the recent flight of western investment.
Elbegdorj is now looking to Russia for further investment in the jointly owned railway network to benefit from continental trade with China. Neither the crisis in the Ukraine nor the Western chill towards Russia has had a serious impact upon Mongolian relations with its onetime Soviet ally. He may be persona non grata in Kiev, but Vladimir Putin is far from unwelcome in Ulaanbaatar."
Eipä sitä tiedä, vaikka ryssät olisivat jo monkooliassa. Naapurisuhteet näyttää ainakin olevan kunnossa ....