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In Moscow's Shadows 83: Putin's decision-making; and Russian organised crime after the invasion

In Moscow's Shadows

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Is the Balance of Power Changing?

We are seeing new routes emerging, and I mentioned bielarus, but also I think Armenia is an interesting one to watch. We're getting a flow out of Russia that if you want to smuggle goods out of Russia or move money out of Russia, Central Asia is becoming one of the turntables. All of this means new balance of power. As I mentioned, your geographic locations value may well have changed. It's a little bit like if you imagine taking a magic marker to a monopoly board and suddenly sort of old Kent Road is worth five times more than it used to, but may fail. No, may fail is now one of the impoverished ones.

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