"Strategic Isolation of the Russian Federation": Moscow is redundant 

The G7 began to implement the strategy of "strategic isolation" of Russia. The G7 is doing this too slowly and too selectively for our liking, but consistently. The next steps will be to prevent the circumvention of sanctions and to reduce dependence in the nuclear sector. In their statement, the G7 actually said that they would not work with such a Russia.

At the same time, the United States said it would train our pilots on F16s. It is important how this decision was made.

For the first time in the history of our war with Russia, the Europeans have taken the initiative, at least outwardly. They are well aware that key decisions should be made before the active phase of the US presidential campaign. In addition, I am almost certain that the Americans discussed the issue of aircraft with China during their recent meeting in Vienna. Of course, not in the sense of getting permission, and I think that the Chinese were not in favor of such a step, but they were not categorically against either.

“For the first time in the history of our war with Russia, the Europeans have taken the initiative, at least outwardly. They are well aware that key decisions should be made before the active phase of the US presidential campaign”

And finally, the China-Central Asia summit is actually a point of no return for ending Russia's dominance in the region. The Chinese are not just offering a large-scale investment program, they are offering "defense support." In this configuration, Russia is increasingly becoming redundant and should accept what China is doing and how it is doing it as a given. Similarly, Russia's absence at the Arab League summit is no longer surprising. Arab countries will not become our friends tomorrow, they will increasingly "play" with and for China, but this means that there will be less Russia and more Ukraine.

The Kremlin is less respected and less feared - this is exactly what was felt last week.

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About the author. Pavlo Klimkin, diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

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