[twinself]

Of course.
I know that losing sattelites and the position of global player hurt bad so suspected this to be the actual reason for Russian-American tension (that intensifies proportionally to the increasing oil prices), but I couldn't resist teasing to be reminded about real factors. ;)

[GarySpFc]

You missed the point. It's not losing the satellites that bothers Russia, rather they don't like NATO or any other large foreign army on their border, and that includes China, which they do attempt to have good relations. At least with the satellites they had a buffer, but now that is gone.