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Russia's only real geostrategic option - the option that would give Russia a realistic international role and also maximize the opportunity of transforming and socially modernizing itself - is Europe.

Zbigniew Brzezinski (2016). “The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives”, p.118, Basic Books
Russia's only real geostrategic option - the option that would give Russia a realistic international role and also maximize the opportunity of transforming and socially modernizing itself - is Europe.