The purpose is pressure. These countries dont want to have to deal with scarcity in terms of food, trade, investment or energy. These countries would put pressure to end the war, while other countries would attempt to take Russia’s share of the trade

For president, the house is every two and Senate has a third up for reelection every two years.

Its a shithole country with fantasies of monarchy, lets not pretend they are showing stability because Europe has different dates for elections.

Absolutely Trump has been good for Russia.

But that figure is under strict control from crippling interest rates to foreign currency barriers, mandates to hold the currency for foreign companies and a lockdown preventing capital outflow.

Their economy is suffering massively, from labour shortages to brain drain. The war is keeping them going at this point.

I love when people downvote but dont say anything back because they are either poorly informed, on the losing side or both.

Advanced their economy tremendously? They have 21% interest rates, capital controls to boost the currency, a labour shortage and an economy that likely cant be decoupled from the war in an anyway quick fashion.

Come out of it.

Yes Europe should be removed from office. Christ above is this the level we are already at, where are you from?

Im sorry the Europeans are the ractionary electorate?

The total amount of Chinese trade with Russia is less than the deficit Europe has with China. Secondary sanctions would mean they lose access to the EU which is about 4 times the population size of Russia, and same again for the US. China is pragmatic, and they don’t want that difficulty in favour of propping up a failing regime.

Yeah the Trump regime is stupid and cant handle international relations. Why would China engage.

Why?

Tried and succeeded, it crippled the currency and caused massive issues with their exports. There is a lot of talk about how they survived sanctions but the fact is they were barely holding it together for awhile there and its only Trumps return that has given them hope.

This is exactly what I want to see from Europe right now.

Secondary sanctions could cripple Russia. If Europe and the US say trading with Russia means you cant trade with them then China walks away. No two ways about it, China needs markets to sell their stuff, it would be tense and countries would skirt around them but individual companies can no longer operate flights to the UAE because the governments trade with Russia? They dont do enough trade to make that worthwhile, Russia isnt a big enough market for any country who has any passing trade with the EU or US.