Fred Weir, veteran Canadian correspondent in Moscow says 'Unintended consequences are beginning to cascade

'As recently as last September the Atlantic Council was confidently predicting [https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/.../why-china-and-russia.../] that the project would remain bogged down indefinitely as China kept its options open by stringing Russia along, but never committing to building the thing.'

March 5 (Reuters) - China will push forward early-stage work on the Power of Siberia 2 project, while building the China-Russia Far East natural gas pipeline under its 2026-2030 five-year plan, which was released on Thursday.