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TexasTowelie

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 07:37 PM 18 hrs ago

Grand Betrayal: China Claims Russia's Territory as Its Own. FSB's Dire Warning to Putin - The Russian Dude



Russia’s so-called “no-limits partnership” with China is collapsing under the weight of fear, history, and strategic reality. In this video, we break down a shocking leaked FSB report that reveals Beijing is officially viewed as an enemy inside Russia’s own security apparatus. While Putin publicly embraces Xi Jinping and presents China as Russia’s closest ally, the Kremlin is privately panicking over the possibility that China may one day reclaim territories it lost to the Russian Empire in the 19th century — including Vladivostok and large parts of the Russian Far East. According to the FSB, China is actively promoting historical narratives about “stolen land,” renaming Russian cities on official Chinese maps, expanding intelligence activity inside Russia, infiltrating universities, studying Arctic routes, and quietly building long-term leverage along a massive, poorly defended border.

The video explains why Russia’s war in Ukraine dramatically accelerated this shift in power. Isolated by sanctions, weakened economically, bleeding militarily, and increasingly dependent on China for trade, energy exports, currency stability, and diplomatic cover, Moscow has lost the ability to act as an equal partner. China, meanwhile, has become the dominant force across Central Asia, the Arctic, the Russian Far East, and even Russia’s own financial system, where the yuan is replacing the ruble. This isn’t about mass Chinese migration or tanks crossing borders — it’s about economic domination, strategic dependency, and influence replacing sovereignty without a single shot fired.

We also explore the deep historical roots of this tension, from the Treaty of Aigun and the Convention of Peking to modern Chinese claims over Outer Manchuria, and why Beijing’s long memory now terrifies the Kremlin. If Russia justifies its invasion of Ukraine using “historical borders,” what stops China from applying the same logic to Vladivostok? The FSB leak reads less like intelligence analysis and more like a confession: Russia fears China more than NATO, more than the US, and more than Ukraine. As Russia weakens, China advances — patiently, strategically, and without urgency. This is the story of an empire that overreached, isolated itself, and now risks watching its own borders become negotiable.
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Grand Betrayal: China Claims Russia's Territory as Its Own. FSB's Dire Warning to Putin - The Russian Dude (Original Post) TexasTowelie 18 hrs ago OP
Fine by me, let them eat themselves. NotHardly 17 hrs ago #1
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