Putin’s embarrassing cancellation of Arab summit signals waning influence in Middle East

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1. i monitor russian pro war media on daily basis，they are fuming i tell you， SVPRESSA（left wing pro war news site） made an interesting Q&A-style metaphor about the collapse of Russia’s global influence on this. A pro-Putin commentator asked: “If your grandma and Putin both wanted to meet you at the same time, who would you see?” The journalist replied: “Putin, because I can see my grandma anytime.” The commentator responded: “exactly, except at the moment, Putin is your grandma, and Trump is the big shot everyone’s lining up to meet.”

2. What happened to the Guardian in the last 10 years? From respectable media to embarrassing propaganda tabloid with ruined credibility, what a shame.

3. World leaders are realizing that trump can be easily bought. Russia can’t offer what the US offers. Is putin a willing to sell off everyhting Russia has for a small bribe?

4. >Dmitry Medvedev, the hawkish former president and now deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council, dismissed it as meaningless.

   >“Releasing Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners is a good thing, of course, but it will not solve anything,” he said. **“Until a full-fledged Palestinian state is established in line with the well-known UN resolutions, nothing will change. The war will continue. Everyone understands this.”**

   He’s not wrong is he?

5. I’m sure Putin is spinning… Take that pesky dictator! No ammo, no rockets, meatwave after meatwave. Russians are fighting with shovels!! 11!1!1!!1!1!1!1!

6. I don’t think people really consider the second hand effects of war in regards to adjacent regions/economies. Russia and Ukraine were large scale suppliers of things like fertilizer and Wheat to both the world but also the Middle East and Africa.

   We know that food scarcity was one of the big causes of the Arab spring uprisings and migration a decade ago. So with Russia & Ukraine fighting limiting their global economic contributions either through destroyed infrastructure and or sanctions it’s been having an effect worldwide.

   While BRICS is effectively trying to create a global supply side cartel with its members by the adoption of a secondary global monetary order the big hurdle is everyone is still utilizing the western systems. Credit, banking, and payment transactions are still largely done on Western based systems.

   There’s also the economic fact that many countries still export heavily to the USA. When a country or business exports 50-60% of us revenue it is effectively beholden to that customer to a degree. Much in the same way that Bud lights ill fated marketing debacle created secondary effects on the third party logistics operations like bottling, transportation, and other businesses built up around it.

   The truth is I think Russia’s approach to the war in trying to prevent themselves from looking too oppressive has hurt it more then if it had gone full throttle circa WW2 style tactics like carpet bombing cities. Russia has long portrayed its goals as simply seizing the Donbass regions opting for a slow war of attrition. But they’ve definitely made themselves look weak on the world stage inviting the USA more room to handle global affairs.

7. > With its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow was forced to divert much of its military, economic and diplomatic capacity, leaving it unable to prop up Assad as his regime crumbled. It has also watched its other key ally, Iran, see parts of its military and economic infrastructure repeatedly battered by Israeli strikes.

   Add to that that Russia also failed to protect Armenia. It has become clear that as long as Russia is stuck in Ukraine, they can’t be counted on for security guarantees. The only thing they have to offer is Wagner, and even they can’t present a good track record in protecting Sahel nations from Jihadist uprisings.

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