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quim said:

There is a growing understanding in the West that the US needs Russia to contain China and that the Biden administration bet against this and lost badly. China also understands that it needs Russia and its vast resources and territory to protect itself from the West.

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How exactly did the Biden administration bet that it didn't need Russia to contain China?

My read is that they were "resigned" to Russia starting a war in 2022 for Eastern Ukraine and its own sphere of influence.

China is interested in a secure and friendly Northern border, so that it can focus on the West Pacific.

quim said:

Therefore this is the perfect scenario for Russia to take advantage of the competition between China and the US. Russia plays its own game and does not trust any side, but will momentarily ally with whoever offers the most long-term advantages.

Russia has become an important swing state in the world and will receive a lot of attention from all sides.

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Because of Ukraine, Russian's relations with the West will be broken for years.

I seriously doubt Russia will withdraw from Eastern Ukraine, so at best, there will be a frozen conflict or cold peace between Russia and Europe.

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"43 primates on the loose in South Carolina town after escaping from research lab"

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He did??

quim said:

There is a growing understanding in the West that the US needs Russia to contain China and that the Biden administration bet against this and lost badly. China also understands that it needs Russia and its vast resources and territory to protect itself from the West.

Therefore this is the perfect scenario for Russia to take advantage of the competition between China and the US. Russia plays its own game and does not trust any side, but will momentarily ally with whoever offers the most long-term advantages.

Russia has become an important swing state in the world and will receive a lot of attention from all sides.

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If Russia is a swing state between China and the US, then the US is doing horribly. It's like a candidate campaigning in a state by insulting it, putting sanctions on it, and causing indirect deaths/spreading fires in it by providing weapons to gangs in bordering states... all out in the open in broad dayling for all to see. China's campaigning in it by increasing trade and aligning political views. That's gotta be the most lopsided race in history; makes Ronald Reagan's win look like a photo finish. If America has realized by now that it must get into Russia's good books and reverse course then it is like an 18 wheeler trying to pull a U-turn on a single lane highway with a traffic flow of 80mph and a concrete barrier down the middle. It is screwed.

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Why 1.6 billion USD is necessary.

GulfLander said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1854496757297635514

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Hopefully the Trump regime will drastically impede the development of America's EV industry and the renewable energy sector.

The truth about the "Uyghur genocide":

Good riddance of the liberal international order, hopefully:

LMAO

25 basis points cut, more or less expected