With a regime determined to fight till the end and access to all resources hmmm I am afraid this might be just us looking even for the tiniest evidence something may go the other way.

Another Q - but does it really matter? What does it change in the equation if they did or not?

opportunities and destroy, not to create/innovate etc., and a junior partner of China.

Sorry for any typos - time is running thin also for me 😉

finally force a change in foreign and security policy. We are still at the moment when we can make our own choices, yet the time is running thin.

7. One idea to change Middle Eastern countries optics of Russia is to present as it is - a weak country, yes, skillful, but able only to make use of

Russia proves them wrong.

5. The West can’t focus just on countering Russia’s disinformation - it needs to have a more offensive strategy, getting rid of its fears of “provoking” Putin

6. It’s still not too late for a change - if Turkey can teach us something, is that negative circumstances

opportunistic, able to quickly capitalize on every opportunity that arises. It is, unfortunately, also very skilful in finding “right” messages and narratives

4. Some countries, like Israel, used to think that Russia’s disinformation is not their problem. Well, with time - and to their surprise -