while Vladimir Putin deals with Ukraine's advancing the first military invasion of Russian territory since 1941 he faces an unexpected economic setback from Mongolia in its four-year economic plan Mongolia has not allocated any funds for the power of Siberia two natural gas pipeline which was intended to connect Russia with China this pipeline estimated by gas prom to potentially deliver 1.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas per year to China could have helped Russia recover some market share lost in Europe due to sanctions following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine in response Russian foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria zacharova claimed the project is still progressing mentioning that various roles for Mongolia are under discussion including using a portion of the natural gas Revenue to support Mongolian Economic Development