Comments by "AQuietNight" (@AQuietNight) on "Have sanctions against Russia backfired? | DW Business Special" video.

  1. Russia has cut itself off from one of it's largest customer base. Basically the lights are kept on in Moscow because of China. Selling energy to Europe was very easy money for Russia. Pump the oil and gas then sit back and collect big checks.
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  2. At the end of it all, Russia will have nothing but oil to sell. The world is not lining up to buy Ladas. Putin has reduced Russia to a satellite state of China, dependent on Beijing to keep the lights on in Moscow. The Chinese buy oil from Russia, but the Chinese sell everything else to Russia.
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