No that's not why it's happening. US had nothing against stronger integration between the EU and Russia in the 90s and 00s, they'd much rather focus on the Pacific. Russia chose a different path as revanchist ex-empires gennerally tend to do...
> This would result in a superpower even China would have to ally with
Possibly but Russia really has nothing useful to contribute besides natural resources. It would clearly be a corrupting influence in Europe so I'm not sure if the cost would really be worth it.