10 years in negotiations between Russia and China and I'm late? The threat to the dollar of a strong Energy market between Russia, china and Europe has been around for decades. Nabucco pipeline was an attempt to undermine that as well as the Color Revolutions. planned and funded by USAID and CIA starting in 2000 in Yugoslavia and then all over Europe, all of it aimed squarely at Keeping Russia down and protecting the petro-dollar. Some failed like Belarus and Ukraine the first time. Others succeeded like Yugoslavia, Georgia ,and now Ukraine round 2.You are very very very late with dates.
The Ukrainian crisis was in full swing in May.
Europe had been openly negotiating sanctions since March.
People stupid enough to trust Washington are worse off today than they were before. We'll see how the Ukrainian Nazi's like their new friends this winter when the gas is turned off.