Editor's note: China and Russia's agreement to link their countries' key integration projects: the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union and China's Road and Belt Initiative will have long-lasting consequences for international relations at large, according to Russian media. Here are the excerpts.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photo ahead of a meeting in Beijing, Nov 9, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]

Russia-China Alliance Could Launch New World Order

Key among these agreements was the decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping to link their countries' key integration projects: the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union and China's Silk Road Economic Belt.

So long as this deal proves capable of materializing beyond diplomatic rhetoric, it will have long-lasting consequences for international relations at large, analysts said.

Furthermore, by agreeing to deal directly with the Eurasian Economic Union, China has moved to dispel speculation that Putin is interested only in restoring Russia's former Soviet glory, experts said.

Finally, the deal reveals a lack of desire on behalf of both countries to create a Cold War-like atmosphere, wherein Moscow and Beijing would find themselves competing against one another for influence in Central Asia.

"The logic of the Russia-China relationship has changed. A strategic partnership between the two has become a reality. Other states will have to learn how to deal with this new reality," said Alexander Gabuyev, chairman of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program at the respected Carnegie Moscow Center think tank.

The Moscow Times, June 15, 2015

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Russia Today TV covers a story on the economic corridor with China, Russia and Mongolia on April 2, 2015. Click here to read the original story.

While the high-speed rail link is still just an idea, it could in theory connect Moscow and Beijing in just 48 hours.

Russia Today TV, April 2, 2015

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This commentary piece on China's Maritime Silk Road was originally published on the website of Russia Today TV. Click here to read the full story.

The immensely ambitious One Belt, One Road project, coupled with the Chinese Navy protecting its national interests in the "open seas", fit into President Xi Jinping's Chinese Dream in terms of a business master plan. The best way to build a "moderately prosperous society" is by building modern infrastructure internally and by reaching out to the world externally.
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The crucial point, already absorbed by the overwhelming majority of the Global South, is that China's One Belt, One Road strategy is all about trade/commerce/"win-win" business; nothing remotely similar to the Empire of Bases, the never-ending "war on terra", "kill lists", and bombing recalcitrant nations (usually secular Arab republics) into "democracy."

Russia Today TV, May 30, 2015

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