China's Russia

I think, there is little doubt that the gamble of the Russo-Ukrainian war has Russia demoted to a second class world power dependent on the good will of China!

When will the Russian people finally oust their las czar and megalomaniac war criminal Putin the Terrible!

This is an interesting hypothesis/scenario!

"The Russia-Ukraine War will, like the Soviet-Afghanistan War, result in the disintegration of the Russian Federation because Moscow will be unable to support or control its Eurasian land mass with 11 time zones. Already Russia has lost allies, its European customers, foreign investors, trillions in assets hidden offshore by Putin and his oligarchs, and $300 billion in foreign exchange assets frozen in central banks. Russia will be financially crippled and some regions will opt to leave its sinking ship of state. ...
Russia’s Manchuria (also called Outer Manchuria) belonged to China until 1858. It is an area the size of Nigeria which includes a long coastal area along the Sea of Japan and Vladivostok as well as Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, both obtained in 1945 from Japan. These territories have a population of 4.5 million, untapped natural gas and iron ore along its coastline, and significant amounts of oil and gas on Sakhalin Island. By contrast, China’s Manchuria (also called Inner Manchuria) is a dynamic province with a population of 107 million that is industrialized and a trade hub. Beijing would gladly reclaim all of Manchuria, and there is little doubt that a weak and crumbling Russia might be forced to divest these lands for a price. ..."

Opinion: China's Russia The Russia-Ukraine War will result in the disintegration of the Russian Federation because Moscow will be unable to support or control its Eurasian land mass with 11 time zones, Diane Francis writes.

Dark red is Chinese Manchuria (part of China) and in pink is Russian Manchuria. Resource-rich Sakhalin Island is offshore.