Pope Francis was a Jesuit. When in 1773 the church dissolve the Jesuit order, many of them fled to Russia, where Catherine the Second gave them hospitality. The order was restored in 1814. Since then, Jesuits have always had a soft spot for Russia.

and how to coordinate Russia’s and Chinese actions to use these four years to undo the US hegemony

You don’t need to do anything, Trump is destroying the US hegemony all by himself.