[quote=@Milkman]
I have a question. Are current raging conflicts like the Ukrainian crisis and the Syrian civil war still going on?
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The Syrian Civil War is pretty much confirmed, since the whole incident with the Russian aircraft is still a thing. Given Russia's slightly more aggressive foreign policy here, I doubt that Ukraine has calmed down much either.

As a side note, there's already some amount of cooperation between Russia and China through BRICS, so it's worth mentioning that Russia might be interested in adding some military treaties to it, since it also involves India AKA the country that could pull a Soviet Union-level Zerg rush thanks to its population.