Going to Samarkand — Pepe Escobar

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Putin, Lavrov, Patrushev, Madvedev have all been stressing lately the racist, neocolonial character of the NATOstan matrix. The SCO and other pan-Eurasian organizations play a completely different – respectful, consensual – ball game. And that’s why they are catching the full attention of most of the Global South.Decolonization is trending.Strategic Culture Foundation (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)Going to Samarkand Pepe Escobarhttps://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/07/30/going-to-samarkand/

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