Russia becoming a Chinese satellite

[Sky727]

You would think Putin would be smarter than getting into bed with the CCP. I guess desperate times etc etc as he is giving away large chunks of Russian territory.

THE INVASION HAS BEGUN as China REDRAWS the map and Siberia is GONE. Putin couldn't believe Xi did this, but new Chinese regulations are already in effect. While Moscow fights in the West, Beijing is tightening its grip on the East, not with tanks, but with new names and debt. In this video, we expose the reality behind the controversial move where Chinese maps now label Russian cities like Vladivostok with their historical Chinese names. We analyze the three stages of this silent takeover: First, the symbolic erasure of Russian names on maps. Second, the financial collapse of Gazprom, turning the country into a cheap resource hub for Beijing. And third, the disturbing reports of Chinese security forces patrolling deep inside Siberia. Russia is no longer an empire; it is becoming a vassal state. Watch the full story of how the Dragon is swallowing the Bear alive.

[Bob]

They've been conducting drills and war games with each other for 20 years. Putin wants to revive Russia’s status as a great power, and Moscow and Beijing see themselves as the leading superpowers of the future. Together, they’ve run one of the most effective propaganda and influence campaigns of the modern era. Where Russia may lag militarily compared to the U.S., it makes up for it in cyber, information warfare, and political influence operations.
 
This kind of long game isn’t new for Russia. Back in the 1990s, the U.S. openly meddled in Russian politics, quietly backing Boris Yeltsin’s reelection in 1996. A move many Russians remember as humiliation. Some analysts see Trump as a kind of payback for that.

[angelchemuel]

You would think Putin would be smarter than getting into bed with the CCP. I guess desperate times etc etc as he is giving away large chunks of Russian territory.

[Video: https://youtu.be/1nmTIH099Uc]

Following this with interest.
The West sees China as a bigger threat than Russia. China is also making moves on Taiwan. Hmmmmm...... not sure I believe this video.
We shall see.
Rainbows
Jane

[andy06shake]

You would think Putin would be smarter than getting into bed with the CCP. I guess desperate times etc etc as he is giving away large chunks of Russian territory.

[Video: https://youtu.be/1nmTIH099Uc]

I suppose it may be better to give the territory away for a price than have China take it by force.

[Creaky]

Russia are caught between the EU and the US and China on the other side, simply force a war between China and the US 
Venezuela comes to mind

[Kurokage]

To keep Russia afloat during it's war with Ukraine, Putin seems to have happily taken China's 'help' without thinking of the consequences.
China is like a debt collector, As soon as Russian isn't able to pay on time, they'll ask for something like land instead. China's roads and ports building projects has given it footholds around the world, and left many countries in it's debt.

China, like how America was after becoming the worlds only nuclear power after WW2, won't want to be on equal footing with it's allies, it will want the head seat at the table.  I don't think China being the worlds police will will be as beneficial for the west!!

[andy06shake]

I mean, Putin likely knows the risks involved.

But the sanctions, severe people shortages, and isolation could be leaving him few options.

The irony is that this undercuts the core narrative aka sovereignty.

In trying to escape Western dependence, he's trading it for asymmetrical dependence on the CCP.

Talk about "Out of the frying pan and into the fire."

[quintessentone]

They've been conducting drills and war games with each other for 20 years. Putin wants to revive Russia’s status as a great power, and Moscow and Beijing see themselves as the leading superpowers of the future. Together, they’ve run one of the most effective propaganda and influence campaigns of the modern era. Where Russia may lag militarily compared to the U.S., it makes up for it in cyber, information warfare, and political influence operations.
 
This kind of long game isn’t new for Russia. Back in the 1990s, the U.S. openly meddled in Russian politics, quietly backing Boris Yeltsin’s reelection in 1996. A move many Russians remember as humiliation. Some analysts see Trump as a kind of payback for that.

I am also reading where their interests also lie with the rapid expansion of (melting) Arctic cargo navigation routes for perhaps Putin's sanctioned shadow fleet.

"Joint Arctic Drills 
 From 2022 to 2024, China and Russia held 27 joint military exercises, among them 16 joint naval exercises, including a record seven in 2024 alone. Some of these drills included maneuvers in Arctic waters, such as Pacific Patrol 2024 and Ocean 2024. The latter patrol followed shortly after bombers from both militaries flew for the first time together near Alaska. All of those maneuvers signal China and Russia’s expanding military coordination in Arctic-adjacent regions. 
 
According to Russian Admiral Roman Tolok, the Pacific Patrol exercises will become an annual event. While not publicly framed as Arctic-focused, it is reasonable to expect that future iterations may rotate even more frequently across different Arctic maritime zones. As Alexander Perendzhiev, an associate professor at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, highlighted, these drills underline Russia’s determination – alongside China – to defend the Northern Sea Route with its military. "

From Rhetoric to Reality: China-Russia Cooperation in the Arctic Accelerates – The Diplomat

[marshun]

supposed conversation in spookville in the 1960s

'are the boys in your office studying Russian yet?'
'the optimists are studying Russian.  the pessimists are studying Chinese.'