Exactly!
The Soviets more or less pounded China into becoming Communist - but now the 'power' table has turned and China is the more powerful in a way.
They are reclaiming the lands stolen by the Soviets with over 500,000 Chinese (military as well) living on Russian lands and expanding. Putin is too scared to do anything about it.
Yellow China is going to teach Russia and India that Asia is for the mass-production of Yellow people only, not Black (India) and White (Russia). There can be only one.
China's alliance with Russia is about as loyal as Darth Vader to his Emperor Palpatine. Russia's Siberia is resource rich - it presents a more viable option than direct conflict with the USA (presently) and will return the passage to the north back to the Yellow Man.
You have to remember that the USSR and Cold War was an expansion of White People into the east (Asia) with a default Cold War with the USA.
General Macarthur stated that the USA was in Korea
to 'help' kick the yellow mongol out of Asia. That is, with the convergence from the USSR - turn the entire northern hemisphere 'all white' (yin/yang) and send the browns of the Middle-East to Australia and the yellows to Oceania.
Don't laugh - as ridiculous as it may sound to us here in Australia. It was a very serious thing indeed. A case of White Man wanting 'half the world' and was prepared to Nuke it all if he didn't get it (USSR v USA Nuclear War). Such was the 'blackmailing threat'.
...but of course, it was never going to work out like that.
The USA connection was never to be with Russia. The pathway leads straight down to Australia, rather than across to Russia.
And what we are now seeing is the failure of that Master Plan and China reclaiming its Asia with empowerment for the Yellow Man and the USSR now a rusted out Russia with nowhere to go and no reason to exist like the USSR.
So expect China to go Supernova and burn out its Military might (created for threats that have now defaulted) upon the likes of Russia and to a lesser extent India.
Russia has to choose between being Pro-European and joining NATO and EU or remaining Pro-Asia (China).
You know which way they will turn.

And when Russia does so - the WRATH OF KHAN will be upon them.

That's the good news.
The bad news is that after WW3 and all that was will be forgotten. The world will 'turn upon Australia' to pick up the new slack. This country, so far being a 'holiday' - will soon indeed 'go to hell'.