CIA chief says Russia risks being China's 'economic colony'

STORY: "If you look at the reality that Russia is becoming more and more dependent on China and in some respects runs the risk of becoming an economic colony of China over a time dependent for, you know, expert export of energy resources and raw materials in that direction as well. That all adds up, in my view, to a huge own goal for Putin's Russia right now," Burns said at an event at Rice University in Houston.