While Russia has tunnel vision trying to batter forward in Ukraine's Donbas with a disintegrating army, Russia is losing its influence in its former Soviet republics in Central Asia.
A major casualty of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine has been its weakening position and leverage in Central Asia.
Russia's pointless hostility toward NATO and its failed war in Ukraine are tying Russia down in the West needlessly.
One day China will eject Russian influence in Central Asia if Russia doesn't stop angering and alienating the West, making it impossible for Russia to pivot to Asia.
Strategery.
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