Many thanks for reading. T viewed talking about that larger geopolitical issue as a tangent that would have made the article unwieldy.

Your point #4: How does 1.3m Russian exiles in Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan to Thailand and Alaska solve the demographic implosion of a country of 1.3bn?

#3: Sanctions won't be lifted without regime change and a reparations settlement garnishing Russian oil revenues.

Love the self-neutered dog image. With or without BRI Russia will be a Chinese vassal resource colony.