The man who shaped Russia’s policy, Yevgeny Primakov

https://27khv.substack.com/p/the-ghost-in-the-kremlins-corridors From the Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Primakov: He was also famously an advocate of multilateralism as an alternative to American global hegemony following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Primakov called for a Russian foreign policy based on low-cost mediation while expanding influence towards the Middle East and the former Soviet republics.[24][25] Called the "Primakov doctrine", beginning in 1999, he promoted Russia, China, and India as a "strategic triangle" to counterbalance the United States. The move was interpreted by some observers as an agreement to fight together against 'colour revolutions' in Central Asia.[26][27][28]