There is a feeling that Putin is building a Pacific arc. I explain on my fingers Posting in CHAT: Russia Now let's see what happens in terms of the balance of power. Russia-China already represents a significant part of the eastern coast of Eurasia: to be precise, the length of the mentioned red line is at least 9000 km. Now a completely “public” ally has been added to this unspoken alliance - the DPRK: Next, Putin goes to Vietnam, where an agreement on mutual security was also drawn up. This is plus 2000 km of coastline. In general, from Chukotka to the southernmost tip of Vietnam - this is one Pacific arc of the “anti-Western wing”: Let's move on. Cambodia - which recently signed a military agreement with Russia and Malaysia - is asking to join BRICS (Burma) - there is even talk of a Russian military base in the country of Bangladesh; Russian and Chinese. In total, the arc extends to India (military agreements have also recently been concluded with it, including the deployment of our troops on their territory). Indonesia will definitely be included there in the future. Why all this is important Remember my explanation of the basic concepts of geopolitics, in which powers are divided into “elephants” (land) and “whales” (sea)? Russia and China are clearly land powers, that is, elephants. The USA and Great Britain, of course, are marine, that is, whales. An elephant cannot defeat a whale, because to do this it needs to overcome the sea, that is, enter the element of the whale. On the other hand, a whale cannot defeat an elephant unless it approaches it from the sea. In short, to protect the elephant from the whale, the shore must be preserved. Hence Russia’s struggle for Crimea, as the main outpost on the Black Sea. The described land arc along the entire eastern coast of Eurasia is from the same song. This prepares an advantageous position for confrontation with the whale. In fact, the US cannot do anything if the coast is protected, since all its power is projected through the Air Force and Navy. I'm not saying that a big war is being prepared. On the contrary, creating a strong defense is the best way to prevent war. In turn, the United States has its own strongholds in the Pacific region: Taiwan (yes, this is just one of the strongholds, but far from the only one) South Korea Japan Alaska and the Aleutian Islands Perhaps the Philippines This is how the balance of power results has developed. In any case, it is easier for Eurasia to defend itself because its rear is “with it,” immediately behind the line of contact. But America has its back abroad. Hence all the difficulties, from expensive logistics to the unreliability of this very logistics. I explain on my fingers https://dzen.ru Subscribe to our Telegram channel so as not to miss all the most important materials that we publish: https://t.me/russiapost Source link Source link
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Why does Russia interfere in the affairs of Africa and the whole world if our own territory has not yet been properly developed? Simple explanation. I explain on my fingers Posting in CHAT: Russia An interesting topic was raised in the comments. Here Russia is “reaching” into Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, etc. For what? Is this a priority? Do we have enough problems within the country? The country's area is 17+ million square kilometers. Only 10% of this territory is fully equipped for life. Not everywhere there is sewerage, gas, roads and jobs. In fact, not even electricity is available everywhere. Why should we build roads in Africa if we have half the country without normal roads, or even more? Or why will Russian Railways build a railway somewhere in Burkina, although in Crimea trains still run from Kerch to Simferopol through Dzhanki, and no direct road is being built? How do the trains travel? There is no direct path. What about this huge gas pipeline project across the Sahara? Do we need this? Maybe it would be better to gasify Siberia? As you can see, such pressing questions (though I would call them popular) are not difficult to ask. However, it is not difficult to answer them. So let’s get started :) 1. It can’t be any other way You can delve into the history of human development for a long time, but you will probably find an example when a country achieved some kind of internal development without actively directing its forces. from the outside Firstly, we are talking about: trade - this is a “you give me - I give you” scheme; colonization is a “you give me - you give me” scheme Well, this is what Europe became so rich and prosperous because when Should I shut up and go somewhere? Not at all, or rather, not at all. Europe climbed wherever it could. Half the world (and more) was colonized by European powers. They brought themselves the wealth of the whole world for next to nothing. And yes, in such conditions, on your territory you can build beautiful castles, palaces, roads and bridges that tourists admire so much. Or maybe America doesn’t bother anyone, but only cares about itself? It actually looks like some kind of joke. Could the USSR have gone nowhere? Not to Cuba, not to Africa, not to Vietnam, not to Eastern Europe - nowhere at all. Even if you take some super-closed country - for example, Japan - it suddenly turns out that it trades with half the world. Toyota and Nissan drive even in the last African village, and Japanese household appliances once penetrated even the mountain villages of Pakistan. The Japanese came to us here and proposed various projects for the extraction of minerals, waste processing, construction of factories, etc. Why can’t they sit on the islands, why do they climb everywhere, these Japanese? Yes, because it doesn't work any other way. Little Venice became incredibly rich because it traded with the whole world. "Merchants of Venice" is a simple expression. So Russia will not be able to arm itself without promoting its interests around the world. Resources must flow here (I’m not just talking about minerals, but in the broadest sense, including human capital), but they themselves will not do this. We must go to Africa with our feet and do something there with our hands, so that Africa opens the “faucet” and a flow of African resources flows to us. 2. Window of opportunity I will not tire of repeating the example of my native Tomsk. Until the 19th century, it was the capital of all of Siberia, and then Northern Kazakhstan was part of Siberia. It was truly “Siberian Athens” or “Siberian Moscow” - a developed city in the middle of the taiga. However, then mankind invented the railway. And the Russian Empire began to build this road from the European part to the Far East. The shortest route ran 200 km south of Tomsk. This road crossed the Ob River at a place called Novaya Derevnya (or Gusevka). In theory, Tomsk merchants could go and allocate money to send the “piece of iron” through Tomsk. But they apparently did not understand, did not see the potential of the railway. Then it was such a progressive thing, as now it is a kind of cryptocurrency. Now tell the mayor of any city that you can create a cryptocurrency or an exchange. He will say: “What a crypt! I need to build kindergartens and hospitals!” And he will be right in his own way, but... But the window of opportunity will be missed. The Tomsk merchants of the 19th century also missed this window. The railway passed through Tomsk through an unknown village... Today Tomsk is a relatively small provincial city. Yes, beautiful, yes, university. But soon Novaya Derevnya was renamed into the village of Alexandrovsky, then into the city of Novonikolaevsk, then into the city of Novosibirsk. And today it is the third most populous city in Russia, the capital of Siberia (Krasnoyarsk residents will argue, well, this is a long-standing dispute), which, in fact, grew out of a small village thanks to the railway. And Tomsk is located at a railway dead end. Like this. The window of opportunity cannot remain open forever. They must either be used here and now, otherwise it will be too late later. Now the world is divided again. Right now, as you read this article. This is why you can't just walk away from everything and take care of yourself. Then it will be too late. We have already missed the previous redistribution of the world (the era of great geographical discoveries, when the West colonized the planet), but we must not be late for this train. Yes, we are not talking about the colonization of Africa, but about the first opportunity for cooperation - mutually beneficial trade. “You tell me, I’ll tell you.” Africa, of course, should be, if not all, then under our wing, but most of it. There will be no other way to develop our 17 million km2. I explain with my fingers https://dzen.ru Source link Source link
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What is this Sahel corridor that Russia is “cutting” in Africa? I explain on my fingers Posting in CHAT: Russia What is this Sahel corridor that Russia is “cutting” in Africa? Peter the Great cut a window to Europe, and Putin is cutting through the Sahel corridor? What do you think of this formula? 😃 You may not have heard this phrase before, so here it is briefly. Sahel is a geographical region meaning the south of the Sahara (hence the consonance of the names). This is the place where the desert smoothly transitions into equatorial forests. The Sahel is clearly visible on the African precipitation map. The Sahel is a typical savanna. It is not as dry here as in the desert, but also not as humid as at the equator. That is, unlike the main part of the Sahara, it is already quite possible to live in the Sahel. Therefore, the region is clearly visible on the African population density map. There is almost no life north of it. Africa population density map. The more saturated the color, the more people there are. The dotted lines above are just a schematic representation, but in general, from a geographical point of view, the Sahel looks like this: The Sahel Corridor itself refers to the land area between the Red Sea and the Atlantic in the Senegal region. In addition, this corridor is conceived in the sense of a transport route, as one of the alternatives to sea routes through Africa. Of course, there is still no transport infrastructure there. Moreover, in these countries themselves there is not even order and stability. Civil wars, coups and so on... However, an interesting pattern emerges here. Most Sahel countries have undergone fundamental political changes in recent years. These countries are literally “throwing out” pro-Western authorities and installing pro-Russian and pro-Chinese authorities. Also, military contingents of NATO countries (USA, France, UK) are actively expelled from there, and Russian troops are invited in return (the so-called “African Corps,” which is believed to be commanded by General Surovikin). The famous General “Armageddon” in Africa Here are the main countries in the region: Eritrea Sudan Chad Niger Mali Burkina Faso Senegal I think you have heard about each of them in the news. Lately they all seem to come to life and “move.” In addition, some of them have practically become direct allies of Russia. Eritrea and Sudan, for example, are planning to build bases for the Russian navy, and Niger is literally calling on Russia to protect it from the West. And Russia is actively interfering, “crushing” the Sahel under itself. And not only in military terms. I have been talking about large projects of Russian companies in the region for several years now. Gas pipelines, railways, etc. When the corridor is built, we will have the shortest route across Africa between the two hemispheres. Between East and West. Clearly illustrates the global significance of the corridor. Let me fantasize in the style of Ostap Bender and his “New Vasyukov”?.. 2074. Russian nuclear power plants have been built in the Sahel, receiving uranium from African deposits. These nuclear power plants operate high-speed railways that transport goods from Eritrea to Senegal at 500 km/h, cutting travel across Africa from several weeks (by sea) to 14 hours. And nearby there is an 8-lane highway, along which unmanned trucks drag entire “road trains” in both directions... The trucks are electric, so there is no exhaust, but there is a demand for nuclear energy. power plants... What a road train looks like Along the roads, life flourished in Africa. Entire trading cities grew up, plantations, factories and factories were built. All this has convenient access to two oceans at once. Africa's economic potential surpasses even the United States. And all this is controlled by Russia and China... Or maybe they will have their own macro-region with “brains” somewhere in South Africa, it doesn’t matter. It is important that Putin and Xi said that they are starting changes that have not happened for a hundred years. And one of the optimistic scenarios is described above😃 I’ll explain on my fingers https://dzen.ru How huge the “Sahel corridor” that Russia is building in Africa is. Before reading, I recommend reading the main article on the Sahel. Corridor to understand what we are talking about. If you look at a world map, the Sahel corridor doesn't look particularly large. Just a relatively small strip on the world map. And even if I say that the length of this strip from end to end (from Eritrea to Senegal) is 6000 km, this will give little clarity. This is due to the fact that the Sahel is located near the equator, and, as is known, the standard image of the world map has distortions (due to the transfer of the “ball” to the plane), so objects at the equator seem to be “compressed”. , and closer to the poles they seem to “stretch”” This is what a strip of 6000 kilometers would look like at the latitudes of Moscow: Yes, it’s hard to believe, but from Belarus to the Sea of Okhotsk it is only about 6000 km in a straight line. The line is 6000 km. But you can go in the other direction and, on the contrary, move Russia from north to south. This is how it “shrinks” there: It’s strange, on the contrary, because of the heat. everything spreads out 🙂 But this does not apply to the world map. If you don't believe me, go to the nearest globe (all the distances there are correct, unlike the map) and make sure that these two lines are the same length: Thus, the road from Eritrea to Senegal is about the same as the direct road from Khabarovsk to St. Petersburg. Another line is about 6000 km. It would seem that this is very far away. And yes - that's true. But it's still closer than sailing around Africa. I once wrote a detailed article about this... The bypass of the Sahel corridor from the south is 15 thousand kilometers. From the north - almost 10 thousand (and this is through the narrow Suez and Western-controlled Gibraltar). By the way, you will have to move at the speed of a sea ship, but you can travel through the Sahel by train and with the breeze... I also like this comparison: what will happen if you move the Sahel countries on the map of Russia: You yourself can appreciate how huge these countries are. For example, even Senegal, which looks tiny on a general map: In fact, it stretches from St. Petersburg to Moscow and exceeds the area of all the Baltic countries combined (197 thousand km2 versus 175 thousand km2): Senegal is larger than the entire Baltic region almost 20 thousand km2. And this is just Senegal... 4 countries in the region have an area of more than 1 million km2 (1 million km2 is equal to 2 France): Mali - 1.24 million km2 Niger - 1.28 million km2 Chad - 1.28 million km2 Sudan - 1.87 million km2 In total, all 7 main countries of the Sahel have an area of almost 6.3 million km2! This is 1.5 times more than the entire European Union or almost as much as Australia alone... Well, or about 1/3 of Russia. In general, the region is huge. Incredibly rich in resources, territories and, moreover, people. The total population of these 7 countries is 156 million people. Yes, this is not India. But this is more than the entire population of Russia. And if you add to this other African countries loyal to Russia, you can surpass the United States and even Europe in population. Someone will object that this population is of little use, they are all poor and intractable... However, there is one compelling argument on this topic. The poor are the “golden resource” of the future. And it’s not a matter of cheap labor. I explain with my fingers https://dzen.ru Source link Source link