The State Duma, the lower house of Russia's Federal Assembly, ratified the intergovernmental agreement on the supply of natural gas to China via the Far East route at a session on May 31.
The document signed on January 31 suggests building a cross-border section of the gas pipeline. It starts at a gas measuring station in Russia near the town of Dalnerechensk, passes through the Ussuri River and ends at the Hulin launch station in China.
The design, construction and operation of the site in Russia is carried out by Gazprom, while in China — by the China National Petroleum Corporation.