Fatal Mistake: Putin Deeply Regrets Joining 'Chinese NATO'. Illusion of Control Vanished - The Russian Dude

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In this in-depth analysis we explore how Vladimir Putin’s decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization—dubbed the “Chinese NATO”—turns out to be a fatal strategic mistake under the illusion of a multipolar world order. What looked like a fortress of loyal allies and a counterweight to Western dominance is now revealed as a stage set by Xi Jinping for China’s ascendancy, with Moscow relegated to a transactional side-kick. Putin’s rhetoric of multipolarity, sovereignty and equal partnership falls apart when those “partners” reveal they care only about their own advantages, exploiting Russia’s war-fatigued economy, depleted military and waning global influence. The SCO summit in Tianjin becomes less a platform for cooperation and more a photo-op for dictators pretending to build a new order. Instead of being feared, Putin is now being used, as China quietly cashes in on cheap oil, discounted gas and military tech, while India, Iran and other regional powers play both sides and profit. Putin’s foreign policy trap closes in: the empire he tried to rebuild crumbles, his alliances evaporate, and his fear-based power model expires. The man who trusted no one ends up with no one to trust—his own illusion of multipolarity becomes his undoing.