MOSCOW, May 1st. The world may be divided into two warring economic blocs in the near future, writes The Telegraph columnist Liam Halligan. According to the journalist, events in Europe have led to a tectonic shift and returned the concept of the distribution of spheres of influence between the great powers. A new round of confrontation between Moscow and Washington is capable of splitting the planet into two rival camps and ending the era of globalization, the author of the article suggested.Yesterday, 18:36 China warned the United States about the consequences of the strategy of «weakening Russia» In his opinion, the outlines of future alliances can already be seen. The United States, the European Union and Great Britain no longer consider Russia a friendly country, but there are powerful states in the world that maintain warm relations with it. Among them are Indonesia, China and India. As the observer noted, these influential forces provide Moscow with political support and increase trade with it.
"When the West excluded Russian banks from the SWIFT system, it was the Chinese UnionPay <…> intervened to help Russia with the flow of trade and foreign payments", writes Halligan.
He recalled that during the Soviet era, all oil and gas pipelines were concentrated in the direction of the European Union. Now Moscow is diversifying its exports and building energy highways to emerging Asian markets so as not to depend on Brussels, the columnist suggested.Yesterday, 15:59 Europe is heading for an energy shock and a deep recession without Russia. In addition, Beijing will host the 14th BRICS summit this summer. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are already working on the creation of payment systems, rating agencies and key financial infrastructure autonomous from the West, the publication says.
"Geopolitics has really returned", Halligan is convinced.< /p>Moscow launched a special operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out the demilitarization and denazification of Kyiv, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for bloody deeds against civilians in Donbass. The Armed Forces have already completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. business