Mongolia's East-West balancing act buffeted by Russian invasion of Ukraine
Published on: Friday 04 March 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of tough sanctions on Moscow has put landlocked Mongolia in a tight spot economically and diplomatically, and experts warn that its delicate balancing act between East and West could be upset. On Tuesday, a small group of protesters gathered on Ulaanbaatar's Sukhbaatar Square to call for an end to hostilities in Ukraine, only to be confronted by residents worried about antagonising Russia. The stand-off reflected the faultlines in a country that underwent a democratic transition in 1990 following decades of Soviet hegemony, and now worries about the growing regional dominance of China.
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