I think you might be projecting here. Why do you care about Putin's shirtless pics?Is is really that difficult to see that Putin has a Napoleonic complex? And that he’s really nothing but a Mafia-boss styled thug. Dude takes “Macho Man” shirtless pics; c’mon man!!!???
"Might" is the correct word. It distracts the US but it also strengthens NATO and makes Eastern Europe countries US' puppets while also making the EU closer to the US.Just because Putin’s charades might benefit China doesn’t mean that he’s either admirable or particularly smart.
It all depends on if China finds that beneficial for it, or not
For China yes, but for Iran no. There is a reason why even now, everyone is avoiding Iran like a plague.If Putin were some geo-political genius, he’d have re-oriented Russian political, military, and economic policies away from Europe and towards China and Iran long ago
And why "away from Europe"? Europe is a rich continent which has brought Russia hundreds of billions (maybe even > $1 trillion) in wealth. So that decision was correct.
The only thing wrong was that he also didn't focus on China as much as he did on Europe. Anyway, mistakes are natural to happen. What matters is that now he is taking the correct approach
Nah. He is actually making China a favour for selling to India. Otherwise India would have fallen to the Western camp and got western equipment. Better for India to get Russian weapons that China also got from Russia lol.Instead, he continues selling weapons to one of China’s principal regional antagonists and groveling for attention from the west.
It means that China knows precisely how to take advantage of India using weapons which have been studied extensively by it
Putin is useful, period. He ensures an anti-West Russia stance while being friendly to China and having a stable land border with it. And don't forget that he is providing a lot of natural resources/raw materials to China by land transport which are important for China to ensure that it can't be blockaded.Putinmightbe useful