[RC one]

To be sure, some such as Bloomberg, are skeptical that the unprecedented pivot by Russia toward China as it shuns the west, will merely harm the Kremlin. Others, however, wonder: who will be left standing: Europe, with its chronic deficit of energy and reliance on Russia, a country overflowing with natural resources, or Russia, whose economy is currently underoing a dramatic and painful shift, as it scrambles to dissolve all linkages to the Petrodollar and face the Gas-O-Yuan? Perhaps it is worth refreshing this subject in a few months, after Europe's economic situation is made far more clear after what is sure to be a long, cold winter.

Wow...who could have predicted this?

[wetphoenix]

Of course it is China to benefit the most from Sino-Russian rapproachement but I don’t think it is a good news anyway.
On the other hand it seems like reestablishing of Communist rule in Russia is one of the major objectives of Obama’s foreign policy, so among other means, breaking ground for Russia to ally itself with Communist country makes perfect sense on that terms.