Originally Posted by
Rockie_Rapier
The one thing Russia has in it's favour is the country's huge supply of natural wealth.
I guess their plans for domination of the Arctic's natural resources have taken a bit of a hit too, given that no-ones going to afraid of them now.
And, after the events of recent weeks, I rather fancy that Russia is going to turn out to be very much the junior partner of that new relationship.
Many here have been saying that all along i.e. Russia is looking in diametrically the wrong direction regarding the most pressing threat to its existence. Putin may be playing chess (badly, as it turns out), but Xi is playing Go.