The chasm already started when the west inherited the western Roman empire and Russia inherited the easter Roman empire, they also hate each other because of christian interpretation russia staying with orthodoxi and the west going Catholicism later protestasme, probably a bit like the Suni-Shia divide in the muslim world.
For the rest Russia will do what is best for Russia not what is best for the Anglos or Chinese, for the next half a century being in the China camp is the more prosperous and safer option/route. Especially once northern artic route is a more viable shipping route, it will give russia huge levers of control over goods going from east to west and vice versa. You can already see European air flight companies complain about Asian air flight companies that are able to use Russian airspace. The same will happen when Chinese cargo boats that can use Russia northern water ways to get goods faster to Europe, why would you as a company even hire or pay for NATO aligned shipping companies? If they are slower and more expensive.
Also imaging if Russia pissed off China in the early 2010s, the amount of resources both nation would have to allocate to their shared borders/spheres of influence would be massive that would be an ideal divide and conquer situation for the west to exploit.
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