Russia-China relationships: challenges, risks, development scenarios and priorities in the countries of the post-Soviet dimension

neighboring two powers - Russia and China - play an important role in the world community, and especially in the Asia-Pacific region. . An indicator of a new level of our relationships was the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation. The current situation brings together these two enormous in their area and quantity of people countries. Sanctions against Russia forced the country to make a turn to the East and China is considered as its main partner. Аt the same time Russia must not forget that China can also easy turn its vector to the West.  But now the US has intensified in the Pacific, and Japan is a threat. As long as these threats exist for China, he will cooperate with Russia. As long as China gets a specific economic benefit and solves its problems, he is interested in this relationship with Russia.