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| | {{quotebox-float|"In truth, of the world’s 195 countries only 65 have agreed to join the American sanctions regime — meaning that 130 have refused, including China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, most of Asia, Africa and Latin America, countries that together constitute the vast majority of the world’s population. Consider also that the nations the U.S. currently targets with sanctions represent a powerful bloc strongly opposing what they regard as America’s economic [[bullying]]. A striking example of the rejection of U.S. assumptions of dominance was a recent meeting of the world’s leading financial nations — the [[G-20]] Summit — when the U.S. delegation walked out on a speech by a Russian delegate and only three of the other 19 delegations followed suit. All of this tells any objective observer that it is not Russia that is the world’s most isolated superpower but perhaps the [[United States]] itself.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3507340-could-russia-win-a-public-relations-war-against-the-west/</ref>}} | | {{quotebox-float|"In truth, of the world’s 195 countries only 65 have agreed to join the American sanctions regime — meaning that 130 have refused, including China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, most of Asia, Africa and Latin America, countries that together constitute the vast majority of the world’s population. Consider also that the nations the U.S. currently targets with sanctions represent a powerful bloc strongly opposing what they regard as America’s economic [[bullying]]. A striking example of the rejection of U.S. assumptions of dominance was a recent meeting of the world’s leading financial nations — the [[G-20]] Summit — when the U.S. delegation walked out on a speech by a Russian delegate and only three of the other 19 delegations followed suit. All of this tells any objective observer that it is not Russia that is the world’s most isolated superpower but perhaps the [[United States]] itself.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3507340-could-russia-win-a-public-relations-war-against-the-west/</ref>}} |
| | Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council [[Dmitry Medvedev]] laid out a forecast for the post-Russia sanctions world which was already underway by June 2022:<ref>https://t.me/no_mainstreamW/3270</ref> | | Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council [[Dmitry Medvedev]] laid out a forecast for the post-Russia sanctions world which was already underway by June 2022:<ref>https://t.me/no_mainstreamW/3270</ref> |
| − | #- A number of global supply chains will collapse and a major logistical crisis could arise, including the collapse of foreign airlines that will be banned from flying over Russian airspace.
| + | 1- A number of global supply chains will collapse and a major logistical crisis could arise, including the collapse of foreign airlines that will be banned from flying over Russian airspace. |
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| − | #- The energy crisis will deepen in countries that have imposed sanctions on Russian energy supplies, fossil fuel prices will continue to rise, and the development of the digital economy in the world will slow down.
| + | 2- The energy crisis will deepen in countries that have imposed sanctions on Russian energy supplies, fossil fuel prices will continue to rise, and the development of the digital economy in the world will slow down. |
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| − | #- There will be an international food crisis, leading to famine in some countries.
| + | 3- There will be an international food crisis, leading to famine in some countries. |
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| − | # – A monetary and financial crisis is possible in some countries or groups of countries, combined with undermining of the stability of some national currencies, runaway inflation and the destruction of the legal system protecting private property.
| + | 4 – A monetary and financial crisis is possible in some countries or groups of countries, combined with undermining of the stability of some national currencies, runaway inflation and the destruction of the legal system protecting private property. |
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| − | # – New regional military conflicts will arise where the situation has not been resolved peacefully for many years or where the important interests of major international players are ignored.
| + | 5 – New regional military conflicts will arise where the situation has not been resolved peacefully for many years or where the important interests of major international players are ignored. |
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| − | # – Terrorists, who believe that the Western authorities’ attention is now distracted by the confrontation with Russia, will become more active.
| + | 6 – Terrorists, who believe that the Western authorities’ attention is now distracted by the confrontation with Russia, will become more active. |
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| − | # – New epidemics will break out, caused by a lack of international cooperation on health and epidemiological issues or caused by the proven use of biological weapons.
| + | 7 – New epidemics will break out, caused by a lack of international cooperation on health and epidemiological issues or caused by the proven use of biological weapons. |
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| − | # – International institutions, which have not proved their effectiveness in resolving the situation in Ukraine, such as the Council of Europe, will lose their importance.
| + | 8 – International institutions, which have not proved their effectiveness in resolving the situation in Ukraine, such as the Council of Europe, will lose their importance. |
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| − | # – New international alliances will be formed, based on Anglo-Saxon criteria that are pragmatic rather than ideological.
| + | 9 – New international alliances will be formed, based on Anglo-Saxon criteria that are pragmatic rather than ideological. |
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| − | # – As a result, a new security architecture is being created which recognises:
| + | 10 – As a result, a new security architecture is being created which recognises: |
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| | (a) the weakness of Western concepts of international relations such as “rules-based order” and other meaningless Western rubbish; | | (a) the weakness of Western concepts of international relations such as “rules-based order” and other meaningless Western rubbish; |