Russian Reliance on Chinese Loans May Blunt Sanctions' Impact

``The isolation, though, does not extend to the companies' growing reliance on Chinese lending, a trend in the Russian natural resources industry that will blunt the effect of sanctions aimed at the finances of Russian oil companies... "We absolutely don't expect any impact on the operations or finances of Rosneft or Novatek," another Russian energy company hit with sanctions on Wednesday, said Pavel Kushnir, an oil and gas analyst at Deutsche Bank in Russia.''