*Russia pursues strategic energy partnership with China
*North Caucasus security forces score successes, but attacks continue
*Obama weighs strengthening future assistance to Georgia
*IMF assists Ukraine, while offering gloomy economic forecast
*Sino-Turkish relations enter low-level crisis
**New in the Jamestown blog on Russia and Eurasia (http://www.jamestown.org/blog):
- Medvedev Visits South Ossetia
