Litwin
Diamond Member
FT: Moscow empire cannot afford another 15 years at war with the west. one for sure soon Outer Manchuria will be part of China again, Putin´s ozero/KGB gang kills empire much faster than anyone could expect even 10 ago.
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Looking ahead, depopulated swaths of Russian Siberia
offer an opportunity for economic expansion. Mr Putin’s forays in Ukraine and the Middle East are a bonus, distracting US attention from Chinese expansionism in east Asia. The advantages for Russia of such an unequal partnership are not so obvious. Yes, Mr Putin gets a comrade-in-arms for his denunciations of western liberalism but at the expense of watching Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative undercutting Russian power in central Asia. Mr Xi’s plan to open the Northern Sea route to Europe threatens to undercut Russian interests in the Arctic. An expansive view of China’s influence-building in eastern and central Europe would raise fears of strategic encirclement.
Mr Putin is a creature of the Soviet KGB. It may well be that it is too late for him to escape his own nostalgia. But a leader planning to hold on to power for another 15 years might take the time for a strategic stock-take. The challenges and risks lie to Russia's east. " Subscribe to read | Financial Times
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Looking ahead, depopulated swaths of Russian Siberia
offer an opportunity for economic expansion. Mr Putin’s forays in Ukraine and the Middle East are a bonus, distracting US attention from Chinese expansionism in east Asia. The advantages for Russia of such an unequal partnership are not so obvious. Yes, Mr Putin gets a comrade-in-arms for his denunciations of western liberalism but at the expense of watching Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative undercutting Russian power in central Asia. Mr Xi’s plan to open the Northern Sea route to Europe threatens to undercut Russian interests in the Arctic. An expansive view of China’s influence-building in eastern and central Europe would raise fears of strategic encirclement.
Mr Putin is a creature of the Soviet KGB. It may well be that it is too late for him to escape his own nostalgia. But a leader planning to hold on to power for another 15 years might take the time for a strategic stock-take. The challenges and risks lie to Russia's east. " Subscribe to read | Financial Times
BREAKING: Pictures OF Putin´s KGB killers, they maybe live in nearest to your home Hotel, or work in Moscow´s Embassy near you. "Alexandrov, Osipov
BREAKING: Pictures OF Putin´s FSB/GRU killers, they maybe live in a nearest to your home Hotel, or work in Moscow´s Embassy near you. we have to stop Moscow´s chemical terrorists ! Oil- Gas sanctions on Moscow ! " Dr. Alexey Alexandrov, Dr. Ivan Osipov, and Vladimir Panyaev. .... Our...
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