Russia traditionally very strong at applied physics. Cymer has alot of Russian scientists. If China enlist Russia into EUV alliance it will make bond between the two countries much stronger as underlying technology used in society is shared. Russia also has plan to master the 5nm tech by 2030. The combined effort will increase the chance of success developing EUV. This will prevent Russia from flip-flop it's strategic stance. As of now bond is mainly from anti US. But EUV technology is building block of society. Russia still much more easier to infiltrate the west. It can spy on ASML know how much easier than China possibly could. What Russia and EU lack is technology process. But SMIC has process tech developed from Taiwanese factor. China can license the process tech to Russia.
And Russia can setup it's own EUV fab. It's a win win situation for both. Xi should directly talk to Putin about this EUV alliance
Yes......i think Russia China Cooperation on EUVL Development will eventually happen in the future.
Russia has done alot of research into EUVL Light Sources since 2010 and alot of their research results was adopted by ASML.
They are proposing a Next Generation Light Source based on Xenon Gas.
I believe there is already some cooperation between Chinese and Russian Academy of Sciences on Future Light Sources.
Russia has a road map to produce 5nm Chips. To this end they need a EUVL.
Russia has no choice but to either acquire a EUVL from China or develop a EUVL with China.