A new axis of cooperation may be sprouting. India, Russia, Japan, and the US find themselves reflexively in the same league against China. That has been inevitable with China turning aggressively assertive and trying to grab lands of every other nation - like the Arab and  Turks did under the first and second wave of Islamic Jihad. Even before a formal thaw in Russia-US relations, the two countries might have begun to collaborate to contain China. And India has emerged as the lynchpin in global efforts to stop China's hegemonic activities. While US' growing military and business cooperation with India is seen as a manifestation of that approach, Russia's approach in military cooperation was seen as a continuation of its old relationship and was largely veering on neutrality, though sometimes became provocatively pro-China. But times change and nation states have to cope with new urgencies. It's no different for both India and Russia or for that matter, Russia and India. Now Russia is said to be seeking the same level of cooperation with India as the US to contain China. Not only is Moscow helping New Delhi to militarily empower Vietnam and Indonesia Versus China - just like the US, it also wants Indians and Indian businesses to move into its vast, largely uninhabited far eastern region. This is reflected in Moscow's invitation to New Delhi to enhance its economic presence in Far-Eastern Russia -- a region where Chinese businesses and citizens have already made significant inroads following Russia's efforts in the last one decade to contain the US with China. With a thaw in US-Russia relations likely in the months ahead, the Kremlin is alarmed over the rising tide of the Chinese population in the Siberian region. The resource-rich territory is two times India's size and offers tempting geo-economic prospects for India. In any case, India has become too small for its multiplying population that may hit the 2 billion mark by 2050. In this context, Russian Deputy PM and President Vladimir Putin's point person for Far-East Russia, Yury Trutnev, will visit New Delhi next week to attract Indian investments. Earlier this year, Russia has made peace with Japan ( with whom it still remains technically at war as there was no peace treaty signed between the two countries following the end of World War 2 in May 1945). Russia's Far Eastern Federal District is the largest but the least populated of the eight federal districts of Russia, with a population of roughly 6.3 million. The region is rich in resources such as unused land, timber, tin, gold, diamonds, and oil and natural gas. The Russian government has announced several initiatives to attract investments in the region, including an agricultural SEZ and the Vladivostok Free Port Project. Trutnev would pitch for investments in the region from companies seeking business opportunities in industries such as timber, coal and diamond mining, and production of metals such as gold, platinum, tin, and tungsten. India was the first country to establish a resident consulate in Vladivostok in 1992. Its existing engagement with the region, reflective of its sloppy and lazy geopolitical and geo-economic worldview, is limited to isolated pockets, such as the Irkut Corporation in Irkutsk where the Mig and Sukhoi aircraft are bu