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Mediocrates's avatar

The choke point will be in the southern Caucasus - hence the CIA mediated color revolution attempts in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Pakistan could also make or break it due to USA's influence.

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Darras's avatar

I've said it, Pezeskian and is western lovers gang is overturning alliances and after having betraying Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria it is betraying Russia. And the 12 days war with Israël has used to kill or corner the radicals in the state apparatus.

If it's true, it would be a strategic disaster for Russia. All south bound shut. After West Bound.

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Deplorable Commisar's avatar

" I've said it, Pezeskian and is western lovers gang is overturning alliances and after having betraying Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria it is betraying Russia. "

Russia actually sold them out.

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Colin Bruce Milne's avatar

Looks like the Return of the Central Treaty Organisation CENTO.

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Darras's avatar

I sometimes tease Finnster for his negativism but the harsh true is that he is often true.

Poutine spoke yesterday in Valdaï and it was a little appalling.

It was not the words of a leader of a country in war

It was not the words of a leader of a country which see the sacrifice of hundreds thousands of its sons.

It was not the words of a leader of a country deadly harassed by a deadly foe.

It was not the words of a leader of a country winning a war.

His lovey-dovey stuff with Trump was disgusting and an insult to Russians deaths by the fault of USA and Trump itself.

Even the AMC seems to be in state of shock.

Today, absolutely not a word about a so important event.

Worrying. Awfully worrying.

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Feral Finster's avatar

The AMC live in a fantasy world.

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Chris's avatar

Rail is much more expensive than sea transport, so you need strategic or higher value goods to ship and incomes to buy. So you're either transporting Chinese goods west, and resources east, or you're blowing hot air

At the end of the day, it's vulnerable to unstable and potentially separatist regions this passes through: Baluchistan, Kurdistan. Both the west AND Russia know how to play that card should either be threatened with such a bypass .

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Feral Finster's avatar

Since the United States will attack Iran sooner or later, the whole thing is a pipe dream. Might as well ask me what kinds of animals I'd prefer to hunt if I were a Bengal Tiger.

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Deplorable Commisar's avatar

This is exactly why Russia is so eager to sign another deal with Iran as it knows it will never be.

- Iran and Russia sign $25bn nuclear plant deal-

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/26/iran-and-russia-sign-25bn-nuclear-plant-deal

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