Chinese President Xi Jinping’s presence at the parade gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a boost as he tries to show that he is not isolated on the global stage.
Putin will only be president for a few more years. Same with Xi Jinping. Both are pretty old now and will eventually retire. Western imperialism is collapsing but it’s not collapsing overnight, this is a long process, and there are also internal processes in Russia that are happening and which will accelerate if and when the stability of the Putin years ends. The broader economic and geopolitical re-alignment of Russia is bigger than just this government, it is increasingly becoming embedded in the Russian society and economy, and this will also continue as it is a process with its own inertia that once it has picked up speed is very hard to stop or reverse.
Putin will only be president for a few more years. Same with Xi Jinping. Both are pretty old now and will eventually retire. Western imperialism is collapsing but it’s not collapsing overnight, this is a long process, and there are also internal processes in Russia that are happening and which will accelerate if and when the stability of the Putin years ends. The broader economic and geopolitical re-alignment of Russia is bigger than just this government, it is increasingly becoming embedded in the Russian society and economy, and this will also continue as it is a process with its own inertia that once it has picked up speed is very hard to stop or reverse.