Russia is now subservient to China and Chinas plans for global power. Russia is reliant upon Chinas purchase of its oil and gas (at a discount to market prices) and for settlement if trade payments via Chinas alternative to SWIFT. China is reverse engineering the wests monetary hegemony via the point of original imposition- Hong Kong. Get used to the west fighting a rearguard and defensive battle against Chinas steady advance upon the global institutions, protocols and mechanisms of global trade and diplomacy. China has won the trade war- it's mixed economy is demonstrably more effective than the wests crony capitalism.