PS The Chinese have had their eyes on Russian resources for centuries. Now they are getting them for a bargain price without shedding a drop of blood.
They have their two major rivals for world domination at each other's throats and spending huge sums of money and amounts of military hardware.
They will be left with a neighbour who is more or less destitute both financially and militarily and who will be beholden to them
No wonder Xi is smiling in most pictures
If someone arranges to take out the pipeline hubs in Kazakhstan or Turkmenistan, RU and China will be in a world of hurt, RU gets their cash flow severely hurt, China loses a considerable gas supply, neither would be smiling anymore. And apparently there are people in the two stans, that are not real happy with RU. Could be another "smoking" incident in that area someday. Been a few of those around RU lately, wonder how many Ukes have relatives in that area.
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