Russia in the role of Belarus

Chinesist Alexander Gabuev - On the results of the visit of Xi Jinping:

“Russia takes the path of turning for China into a younger partner, whose relations with the senior friend will be in a few years (while maintaining the current trajectory), at best, the relationship of Canada and the United States, but more likely, the relationship of Belarus and Russia. This, of course, is analytical hyperbole, since Russia - the country is more powerful than Belarus in many respects, and the younger partners of China are not able to command completely, relations with the DPRK are a good example. < ... >

Slomes this pill, in addition to the Chinese demonstration of formal equality (“Halva! Halva!”) And the repetition of the mantra about “I had no choice, the need forced”, the fact that Beijing does not care about the internal structure of younger partners: if only Chinese interests were always taken into account. This gives the illusion of much more independence in comparison with the now hated previous dependence on the West that the Kremlin seeks to break. You can’t argue here: Russia, of course, will become more not free and poor in the country of its own free will, and not because the Chinese ordered. ”