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This is CBSI in the World.

I'm John Bachelord with Gregory Kaplay.

My colleague is Editor-in-Publisher of Defense and Foreign Affairs.

Moscow, beyond Ukraine, looks to be playing what was called in the 19th century and early

20th the Great Game.

They're playing it for economic advantage.

And Gregory, your article on this has a graphic that is vivid about Moscow,

to India by rail and sea.

And then India to Europe by sea, the Red Med and the Mediterranean.

This is a loop that guarantees Russia to get its product to market chiefly energy.

And also touches the Indian market, which is a growing dominant player in this.

So is Russia, is this Russia's long game for the balance of the century?

It's been Russia's long game for about 400 years.

This is the Great Game, which Britain was competing with the Russian Empire at the time for

control of Central Asia.

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