Comments by "RCM RCM" (@rcmrcm3370) on "Alexander Mercouris"
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In Economics Russia will continue to play softball for a very simple reason, they have to offer an attractive alternative to the USA and EU to the rest of BRICKS, Islamic Nations, Africa and Southwest Asia and Southeast Asia. They can do this by proving to be far more trustworthy and predictable that the capricious USA and EU. They also need to offer either balanced trade for Ruble or payment in Euros or other easily traded currency and hence are trying to avoid a scorched earth economic war. Autarchy is not in Russia’s best interest if it wants partners. Destroying an important Market for China, India, and SE Asia in the EU won’t gain bonus points. If the USD becomes less attractive, then they still need a functioning Euro for where the Ruble won’t work.
Therefore, any sanctions they deploy will have to be seen through that lens, i.e.: they will never break a contract, will do their best to keep a contract functioning even in the face of the most onerous sanctions, and any countersanctions they do will be tightly targeted and seen as fully justified.
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