Or perhaps Russia is finally learning that they can’t tie their future to the west and is taking the opportunity of the US regime approaching Russia to see if China gives them a better deal than they would get otherwise.

Even if the US and Russia indeed 180 and become allies, Russia is still too locked into conflict with Europe to turn it’s attention anywhere else. Then again, European leaders are paving the way for their own people like Trump to eventually to take power with how keep blatantly disregarding the material interests of their own citizens, so who knows.