Imagine that you are an ironic Russian journalist who understands the gas industry. Retell in your own words the text located in square brackets, come up with an intriguing name for it, break it into parts with subheadings and quotes, at the end make a conclusion: - [China spoke to Russia about the "Power of Siberia-2" from a position of strength
Construction of one of the key Russian gas projects needed to boost export revenues is likely to be slower than expected as China tries to use its "negotiating position," the Chinese newspaper The South China Morning Post reported. Another obstacle in the implementation of the project may be the position of Mongolia. Vladimir Putin needs this project to redirect gas to Asia, which Europe has stopped buying.  
etali. Observers warned that Beijing would use the weakening of Moscow's position even before the Russian president's October trip to China for the One Belt, One Road forum. The auction will be not only around the long-term price, but also other terms of the deal, Bloomberg believed in October. A Russian source for The South China Morning Post confirmed that Beijing is going to take advantage of its position.  
▪️«[Beijing] understands its negotiating power very well, and the country is in a much stronger position," said the source, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity. According to him, China will seek discounts.
Quote: "As for the construction, [Beijing] wants to make sure they don't have risks and costs. Russia is the party that pays all the bills," the source added.
Mongolia, through whose territory a new gas pipeline to China is to pass, may also delay its construction, Munkhnaran Bayarlhagva, a former official of the National Security Council of Mongolia, told the newspaper. He drew attention to the fact that Moscow and Ulaanbaatar have not even discussed prices, tariffs, taxes and other issues related to the gas pipeline yet. "So [we can] say with confidence that nothing will happen in the construction season of 2024," Bayarlhagva summed up.
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Victoria Abramchenko previously stated that the approval of the project documentation for the gas pipeline through Mongolia to China is expected in the first quarter of 2024, and the construction of the highway itself should begin immediately after that. And Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak expected that the main gas to Krasnoyarsk would be delivered by 2028. And although Novak did not say that the gasification of the region will be carried out with the help of the "Power of Siberia-2", there is reason to believe that it is about this project. The authorities of the Krasnoyarsk Territory previously said that the Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline would pass near the regional center.
Context. China has become Russia's main hope in the field of gas supplies after a sharp decline in gas exports to the European Union. In 2021, Russia supplied 141 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe, but in 2023 exports to the EU are expected to fall to 25 billion cubic meters. The annual capacity of the Power of Siberia-2 is planned at the level of 50 billion cubic meters of gas, so the pipeline running from the Russian Yamal Peninsula to China can make up for a significant part of the lost supplies. 
The Russian authorities have stated that they intend to increase exports to China to almost 100 billion cubic meters of gas. This is significantly more than it is now. By the end of 2022, Russia exported 15.5 billion cubic meters of gas to China via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline. In the coming years, Gazprom plans to increase the total volume of exports to China to 48 billion cubic meters (of which about 10 billion cubic meters go along the "Far Eastern" route). The Power of Siberia-2 should allow Russia to more than double this volume.].