Russia and China are drawn together now more than before ...

and before long, I am willing to bet  India and Brazil will join them and so also will many nations from South America who have been feeling left out in the cold only because they look to Russia as a good friend and partner.  Whatever it is the USA, Canada, Australia and the EU are doing these days, is going to come back to haunt them.

From YahooNews:
...China to conduct naval drills with Russia in East China Sea.
 China said on Wednesday it would conduct joint naval drills with Russia in the East China Sea off Shanghai in late May, in what it called a bid to deepen military cooperation.

"These drills are regular exercises held by China and Russia's navies, and the purpose is to deepen practical cooperation between the two militaries, to raise the ability to jointly deal with maritime security threats," the ministry said on its website......