Naaah, I don't think so. That might very well be just another military parade. Like 2 years back (?) when Russia amassed a huge number of troops by the border just to call them back all of a sudden and brag about the Russian Army's rapid mobilization capability.
Fool wrote
I guess it is all falling into place.
Russia is ready, China is ready.
Pulling out of Afghanistan was probably just about getting troops into a better location.