Problem is that there is where the Russians meet the Chinese, competing for the same allegiance and economic ‘partnership’. Now the Russians and the Chinese are still friends and allies out of their dislike of the West, but that is destined not to last. The Chinese need the West to profit from. Think of all the electric cars they hope to sell indefinitely.

Btw, starting a war in the hope that the West will stay out of the conflict, turned out to be a huge mistake. Nato countries feel united like we haven’t seen in a long time; Sweden and Finland joined. Putin is an idiot.