Hey...be real...that's their part of the world.
Well hey, if the West wants to reduce or eliminate Russian gas sales to Europe, or keep threatening WW 3 in and around gas fields and pipelines that could supply Europe as if that is a Russian threat to western security , then Russia is smart to look eastward for new markets
Let the EU figure out where to buy energy
Japan is a lot closer to Russia than it is to Saudi Arabia
And if China and Russia keep going forward on the New Silk Road project, every country in Asia and the littoral is going to want to tie in