“The silence about the rise of China and its implications for Moscow has been deafening.”
Yes. Are the russkis hoping that by ignoring the chicoms, they will go away? Red China is a mortal threat to Russia. NATO isn’t.
Actually the reverse is the case. NATO has been expanding ever closer to the Russian heartland. Most of Russia’s industrial and agricultural potential is located in Western Eurasia. That’s the area that NATO is directly threatening.