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Pavel Malyutin & Sergey Karaganov: Russia's dream cannot be Western. Nor should our idea be anti-Western; it must be post-Western.

Sergey Karaganov: Western European capitals will be among the first targets of our retaliation. The public over there must understand that their elites are preparing to sacrifice them, and nuclear weapons will not discriminate between soldiers and civilians.

Timofey Bordachev: A regional war – between India and Pakistan, Iran and Israel, or others – would be a tragedy. Millions could die. But the catastrophe would be geographically limited. These are not world-ending scenarios. In fact, compared to the real nightmare – a direct nuclear conflict between Russia and the US – this multipolar nuclear world may be the lesser evil.

WORLD BANK: We believe that for a couple of years we’ll remain below the 2019 level and will almost never reach the growth rates that were before that.

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SOBER RUSSIA: Global economy may NEVER return to pre-pandemic growth level.

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75 billion cubic meters of natural gas!https://t.co/q5wCu28ujB

— RT (@RT_com) January 14, 2021

FYODOR ALEKSANDROVICH LUKYANOV: Perhaps, the old model of selling natural gas to Europe belongs to the past, and Russia should move forward, reorienting towards other markets and new partners.

Владимир Путин: Russia is open for mutually beneficial partnership with all countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Russia is an integral part of the Asia-Pacific region, and we will form powerful centers of attraction for capital and a new economy in our Far Eastern regions, create spaces of opportunities for people to implement the most daring business ideas and business projects.

Rod Dreher: to become Orthodox is, in some felt sense, to step away from the West.