Fred Weir, veteran Canadian correspondent in Moscow says 'Unintended consequences are beginning to cascade". There will be very many more

"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.