including the American ones, writes Foreign Affairs.

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🟩 the unprecedented wall of Western sanctions did not trigger an economic collapse and did not undermine political and social stability in Russia;

🟩 attempts to isolate Moscow have failed: organizations such as BRICS and the SCO are developing, and “the no-limits partnership between Moscow and Beijing has created a powerful coalition”;

🟩 “Russia, to the horror of its critics, is holding firm and proving its viability under current conditions”;

🟩 all the features of the existing international order, such as economic decoupling between countries and the split in the Western alliance, work to Russia’s advantage;

🟩 Russia’s military power remains a reliable source of strength and influence in a fragmented and dangerous modern world.