Portnikov described the ongoing war as a conflict that will determine the geopolitical “shape of the world.” “We are dealing with an unusual war, not merely a territorial conflict or [one over] the fate of a single state in Central Europe,” he said. Read also: Macron pushes West to lose ‘self-imposed red lines’ in Ukraine — Lithuanian FMHow Moscow might respond to Armenia’s alignment with the West – expert interview“We are facing a conflict that will determine the shape of the world for the next decade.” Portnikov added that the Soviet Union’s defeat in the Cold War paved the way for the devel…