Over that same period Europe is projected to become poorer than Asia in gdp ppp for the first time in 500 years. I'm sure I won't be hearing Poles making the case they are actually part of Asia within those 20 years.
Nowadays China is taking the helm of "east" from Russia, but either way it's a geopolitical concept and remnant.
Stop saying this because it isn't true. It is an artifact of the Tetrachy of the Roman Empire.