the European Union and Chinese

They are also consistent with Putin’s efforts to bring relevance to his Eurasian Economic Union project, which he envisions as a Russian-led economic powerhouse bridging the European Union and Chinese economies. Some may characterize Putin’s prioritization of the Arctic and Pacific as untimely overconfidence based on the assumption of a rapid Russian victory in Ukraine. But this should be a signal to Western strategists that Russian leadership is confident in its pursuit of a grander strategic vision that requires Russia to go beyond its historic focus on the Euro-Atlantic and NATO to achieve its strategic objectives. สล็อต