As a country with rich oil-gas resources within the CIS region，the current situation of renewable energy in Russia can illustrate the general situation in CIS from one side. Although with rich fossil energy resources，the Russian government still proposes the developing plan of renewable energy and related supporting policies. The structure of renewable energy is not balanced and highly depends upon hydropower. The other types of renewable energy are lagged behind. The development of solar energy starts at a low base，although it grows fast. The cooperation between China and Russia on renewable energy focuses on wind power. The main problems for the cooperation are the differences of technical standard，the localization of equipment，uncertainty of government subsidize and low cooperation complement. The cooperation on hydropower between the far east of Russia and northeast of China might be a breakthrough.