Russia losing grip over Central Asia - Eastern Express - TVP World

[TexasTowelie]

Russian President Vladimir Putin held an informal meeting in St. Petersburg on his 70th birthday. The leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have all been reported as attending the meeting in Russia.

[Lovie777]

1. Russia is losing it's allies but apparently trying to make new ones . ..

at this point in time majority of the world hates Russia, and their fighting age force is still leaving.

It's something else, but the "Russian runners" that went to other countries for asylum remains silent.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. They will regret cozying up to China

China looks at Russia’s eastern lands enviously. If the Chinese began appropriating that land, Russia wouldn’t be able to do much about it.

[Lovie777]

3. Russia will do what they do best .....

scream "nuclear" warfare.

[EYESORE 9001]

4. I don't believe China will be intimidated by the threat of Russian nukes

They could lose hundreds of millions and continue fighting.

[Warpy]

5. I said as soon as the attack on Kyiv was stopped and their military got bogged down

in the east, the Russians were going to start to have to face some trouble from the 'stans on their southern border. The 'stans are going to want some of their ancestral lands back, especially the parts that have resources under them.

The bombardment of Ukrainian cities Russia has no hope of conquering right now is most likely a show put on for the benefit of the 'stans, to convince them all that Russia's still the biggest, baddest bully out there.