We are at war with the West. The European security order is illegitimate

... calculation was to create a safe Western flank to compete more effectively In the Asian world of tomorrow». You declared that China, not Russia, will emerge as the victor in this war. What did you mean? «We will be victorious because Russians always are ... ... time being. But we are ready to sacrifice in order to build a more viable and fair international system. We are talking about Ukraine, but we really want to build a different international system than the one that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union and, in turn, is now collapsing. We all are sinking into chaos now. We would like to build Fortress Russia to defend ourselves ...