{"id":104721,"date":"2026-02-26T03:58:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/video-putins-mistake-that-will-soon-cost-russia-expert-in-the-ex-soviet-space-there-is-no-way-out-of-this\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T03:58:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:58:35","slug":"video-putins-mistake-that-will-soon-cost-russia-expert-in-the-ex-soviet-space-there-is-no-way-out-of-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/video-putins-mistake-that-will-soon-cost-russia-expert-in-the-ex-soviet-space-there-is-no-way-out-of-this\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO Putin’s mistake that will soon cost Russia. Expert in the ex-Soviet space: “There is no way out of this”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Historian and international relations expert, Sarah Paine, from Johns Hopkins University and Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, explains in a podcast, the blunder made by the Russian Federation that will affect the medium and long term future of this country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The imperial ambitions of the Russian Federation and the miscalculations of strategists in Moscow ironically hasten the decline of Kremlin power. To challenge the European Union and the United States of America, Moscow has intensely courted China with the aim of obtaining an alliance that does not even place it on an equal footing with Beijing.<\/p>\n

Historian and international relations expert, Sarah Paine, from Johns Hopkins University and Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, explains in a podcast why this mistake will cost Russia enormously, even though it seems to help it for now.<\/p>\n

In a podcast by Pyotr Kurzin, one of the global voices of Kyiv Post<\/a>, Sarah Paine talks about the Kremlin’s blunder and the fact that Russia is slowly sinking. Known for her direct style, which combines military history with harsh economic analysis, the American expert gives a clear diagnosis to Russia and explains it using clear arguments, just like a doctor clarifies the patient about the disease and helps him to heal. Only that the “patient” from the Kremlin, it is known, refuses any “treatment”.<\/p>\n

How Russia declined<\/h2>\n

Paine believes that Russia missed a huge opportunity to become a modern power after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But instead of investing in infrastructure when it could benefit from high oil prices and promote the principle of the rule of law, Putin chose the path of wars and attacked Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine in turn. Even if it defeats Ukraine, as it did in the wars with Chechnya and Georgia, the price paid will be enormous. And Russia<\/a> is already paying. Currently, the “tsar” has pushed his country into a “vassal state” type treaty with China and is totally dependent on Beijing for technology and capital.<\/p>\n