Transit routes from the east to the west of Eurasia, bypassing Russia, create a geopolitical situation completely analogous to the “anaconda”. Accordingly, “I would really like the euphoria about Russian participation in the Belt and Road project,” which is certainly necessary at least in order not to end up on the sidelines of global politics, in actual geopolitical isolation, would not outweigh common sense. For we have already heard from supporters of reckless rapprochement with the PRC the same arguments of “no alternative” that have been thrown around for many decades by advocates of “integration” with the West, which, as we have seen, has not justified itself.