For the past decade and a half Russia was preaching first and by most to itself that the so-called #multipolar world is coming. And it’s going to change everything in favour of the non-West. Thread 1/7
It’s basic idea was that more powers across the globe should be involved in decision making (G20) and economic might should convert in political power (India, China) and some power like Russia just have to be centres of power (nukes+legacy) 2/7
Despite repeated attempts there was never an abundance of interest in this concept and it was mostly Russia that kept preaching the coming of this new multipolar order. 3/7
No one is exactly sure what it was since Russia has never defined what it should be only saying that “let’s talk about it”. What we are witnessing now in Ukraine is refusal to wait and an honest attempt to break the old rules and create new ones by force 4/7
Clearly, the result would be the opposite - Russia will be punished and pushed to the side, it’s economic might crippled and political will limited. Russia destroyed the multipolar world in its first act 5/7
I am quite sure this war will only strengthen Euro-Atlantic alliance and show the rest of the world that the era of the West is not over. China and others are taking note. The risks of challenging the existing framework are too high and as Russia 6/7
Will soon show all of us the payment is heavy. Why was Russia so wrong? There could be a long answer (and will be) and a short one - Kremlin believed in its own stories about what the world is and what it should be and acted upon it. It should happen never again 7/7
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