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![27khv Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1864354944473509888.png) Brian McDonald [@27khv](/creator/twitter/27khv) on x 8279 followers
Created: 2025-07-23 19:39:01 UTC

Wrote a Substack post on this: 

Too rich for BRICS, too Russian for Brussels

Sanctioned by the West, aligned with the Global South, but still dreaming in European cadences—Moscow’s place in the world is as unsettled as ever




XXX engagements

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