Those who have spent years watching Russia's foreign policy pivot from the inside understand something that Western commentary consistently misreads: Moscow does not pursue relationships it cannot sustain. The warm optics of the Anwar-Putin bilateral in Kazan this week were real, but what matters far more than the handshake is the institutional scaffolding being quietly assembled behind it. Russia is not courting Southeast Asia out of isolation-driven desperation.

ASEAN and Russia hold a commemorative summit in Kazan

Al summit ASEAN di Kazan i leader del Sud-Est asiatico tornano a dialogare con Putin. Tra pragmatismo economico e autonomia strategica.