The Kremlin's grand plans for "Siberianization" collide with depopulation, budget collapse, and a war against Ukraine that's draining the very regions Moscow claims to want to develop.

A collapsing empire on an offensive will fail first from the far backline as it throws everything at the frontline/war to preserve the facade.

Together with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, Karaganov has spent two years promoting the “Siberianization” of Russia. The idea calls for a civilizational pivot away from Europe and toward Asia.

Good PR spin on China buying up eastern Russia on a firesale.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    8 days ago

    *monkey paw curls* a new Siberian capital arises, as the capital of the newly independent, Beijing-aligned Republic of Siberia, once a weakened Russia’s ability to suppress the Siberian independence movement falters enough