Consider this. The Russians as they are isolated have become more chummy with the CHICOMS. The Chinese are building a new “space station” that will be 25 years more modern but not international in nature, so they can do anything they can physically achieve, and plenty of it will be of military nature, not now allowed on the current international facility. The Chinese could no doubt benefit from Russian experience and technology. If the Russians can partner up with the CHICOMs in space it would be much to their both their advantages to do so, and stop spending on and paying for the “international” space station. This appears to be a very smart move by them if they continue to partner with the Chinese. A CHICOM/Russian space station should also be considered as significant threat to the rest of the world.