Intimidate Europe, deceive Trump, buy China: what Putin intended in the Arctic

Putin has very few trumps on his hands, but one is definitely a Arctic with her rare treasures, says journalist Vadim Denysenko. And now the Kremlin is trying to play a cunning party between the US and China so that it is the main winner. Since 2019, gradually controlling stake in key ports of PMR and other logistics structures received "Rosatom" (the structure is subordinated to the chief ideologist of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko).

Moreover, Rosatom took control of the most operating deposit of rare earth metals and a single plant for their processing, thus creating an almost closed cycle, albeit with outdated technologies. Putin has been trying lately to play the "mediator" between China and the US. But if it is almost impossible globally, then within the PMR and rare earths, it has a chance to try to bargain.

Against this background, the "Salt" of Russian drones in the EU becomes clearer, because according to Putin, it is the "weak and frightened" EU that is interfered with that Russia again becomes the third pole of the world. Therefore, in Moscow, it is believed that by clicking on the EU, you can solve all the problems of Russia. However, this is not a game of China, as many people think. This is only the Kremlin game.