Russia's New Strategy: Turning to the Shanghai Bloc - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD

As Moscow becomes increasingly isolated from the West, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has turned into its favorite geopolitical escape hatch. In this episode of Eastern Express, we examine how Russia uses the SCO to survive sanctions, manufacture political “solidarity,” and promote its own version of a reshaped global order.

Behind the grand language of “multipolarity” lies a strategy built on trade deals, optics, and carefully staged illusions. From economic lifelines to military showmanship and diplomatic theatrics, the SCO is the arena where Moscow tries to prove it still matters — and where its partners help it project strength it doesn’t necessarily have.