I'm afraid the image of 'mighty Russia' is being badly damaged. Recent developments points to a major decay in the senior military and diplomat cadres in Russia.
True, I agree it's not a smart move, Putin should be better than this. I admit that I didn't expect Russia would really launch a full scale war.
Maintain that image would be very costly unless you are constantly in conflict, which is only achieved by US with massive tax and printed dollars.
Then good luck printing 1,4 trillion dollars worth of Yuan (which is about 7 trillions yuan) a year to keep it afloat.China opposes US, EU sanctions against Russia; says will carry out normal trade with Moscow
China opposes US, EU sanctions against Russia; says will carry out normal trade with Moscow
Beijing, Feb 28 (PTI) China, a close ally of Russia, said on Monday that it was opposed to illegal unilateral sanctions and will continue to carry out normal trade cooperation with Moscow, as the US, EU and their allies stepped up punitive measures against Russia, including the interbank...theprint.in
You do know that foreign exchange is mostly used for foreign trade, not domestic trade, don't you? How much of that 1.4 trillion economy engages in foreign trade?
China knows so well how to deal US trade and economic wars, we are so experienced in dealing with them. China is the world biggest trader, exporter, manufacturer , raw material importer, retail market... sooner or later China will take on dollar, now it's god sent opportunity to do this job.
Eat popcorn before you become a popcorn
