CSTO is over. Not today and not tomorrow, but the end. The summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Uzbekistan showed this to everyone.

China kicks back the underking

China has become the main player in Central Asia. Putin's admission that China has a “concern and question” about its war with Ukraine surprised everyone.

China is beginning to treat Russia with contempt, relations with Russia are cooling. At the strategic level, they will continue to talk about partnership, but China will not help.

Let's be honest: Putin's complete loss to China is unprofitable. But before, the Kremlin was a partner for China, albeit a junior one. Now he has become a vassal.

Historic reversal of roles

Russia wanted to become an indispensable global player for everyone, but is becoming a peripheral loser. And the point is not only that Putin is no longer met at the plane, although this says a lot.

Now he will look at China from the bottom up. At some point, the West and China may agree to replace Putin, and the fear of this will now always catch up with him. And all this thanks to Ukraine.