The U.S. government is doing everything it can to wreck the Belt and Road Initiative. From Paul Craig Roberts at paulcraigroberts.org:
While Russia and China were asleep, Washington purchased the Armenian and Azerbaijan governments and control of the Zangezur Corridor. The corridor runs along the borders of Armenia and Azerbaijan with Iran. According to a confidential memorandum obtained by a European newspaper, the “Memorandum of Understanding on the Creation of the ‘Trump Bridge’ Transport Corridor,” Washington has gained control of this sensitive part of the word for 99 years. https://thecradle.co/articles-id/32154
RT reports that such an agreement would follow logically from the US-Armenian Strategic Partnership Charter. American contractors and advisors are already on the ground. It appears that the corridor will be militarized.
If reports are true, while Russian and Chinese intelligence or political will totally failed yet again. Washington has struck a deadly three-pronged attack against Russia, China and Iran. Iran is now encircled from the north. The Zangezur Corridor, formerly an intended part of China’s Belt and Road or New Silk Road, is in Washington’s hands. Another part of former provinces of the Soviet Union has fallen under Washington’s influence. Stalin and Mao would never have allowed such a development. https://www.rt.com/news/621905-us-armenia-periodista-digital/
I admit to LOL at the Northern Eurasia partition maps of Russia.
May they display it at RF MIL academies.
We could go all night listing the things that supply chain China has on us with nitrile gloves being in the alt news thanks to RFK II.