Moscow’s Asian PR mission fails
Richard Heydarian
Nikkei Asia
Amid “punishing Western sanctions” following its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has turned to Asia, “offering heavily discounted oil and leveraging its large arms and agriculture industries” to woo the region’s booming economies, says Richard Heydarian. Although this “diplomatic braggadocio” may be helping mitigate its own economic collapse, Asian nations are pulling back. Pre-invasion, a charm offensive was well under way, designed to establish “robust” trade and investment ties. Moscow supplied Russian vaccines during
