“Russia’s economy is small and insignificant”: 🇺🇸 banker

“If Russia is so small and insignificant, why does US need 🇷🇺 titanium and palladium to make its planes and chips?”: Sputnik India

💬 “Upon reading the entire Strategy, it is clear there is no fundamental change,” Berletic told Sputnik, commenting on the document’s declaration of America’s “continued pursuit of global primacy,” and preparations for conflicts against “adversaries,” either directly or through “burden sharing,” (i.e. by proxy).

💬 “As suggested in the paper and explicitly laid out by US Secretary of War Pet Hegseth in February…Europe will assume more costs and risks involved in forcing a freeze while the US focuses on the containment of China. In other words, this is merely a narrative to implement ‘burden sharing’ and ‘strategic sequencing’, focusing on China’s containment now and circling back around to containing Russia later,” the observer argues.

💬 “We are waiting for the analysis of their talks with Umerov,” Ushakov said.

💬 “I hope they share the outcomes with us, and then we’ll see.”

The strategy’s tone, and lack of ‘Russian threat’ language is a “major shift” unseen in years if not decades, Rasmussen says. It signals that Trump doesn’t want to be dragged into a prolonged conflict with Moscow, and is seeking to avoid escalation.

💬“We still support a strong military. We don’t want anyone else to be a global hegemon…We acknowledge that Russia is important. They’re not an adversary, They’re not a threat. But they are actually important for European and global stability,” Rasmussen summarized.

💬 “We are looking at two poles that carry weight in different dimensions: India as a major economic power, and Russia as a strategic, political, and military force,” Fakhri said.

💬 "On the economic activity side, the evidence is very strong that this year’s economic expansion in the US would turn into contraction if you remove AI spending... So, there is certainly weakness in the economy," he told Sputnik.

💬 “People in America will not see Russia as an enemy, hopefully, anymore, and this will foster a new era for both peoples and the globe, which I think is desperately needed in today's very unstable world," he said.