Sanctions Backfire: Russia’s Eastern Pivot Becomes Permanent As Vladivostok Forum Opens Sept. 1 With Asian Partners Lining Up
As the 11th Eastern Economic Forum opens in Vladivostok September 1-4, Russia’s presidential adviser confirms the pivot to Asia is no longer a contingency plan — it is the strategy. Western sanctions didn’t isolate Moscow. They redirected it toward half the world that refused to join the economic war.