[batter]

If russia is so sanctions proof and it's so easy why no one want's to be on that side. Well, I think it's because russia's economy goes down. And this will be happening for years to come. Who will be buying their weapons now when it's clear it's mostly ussr garbage? Look what happens with Urals price. If you think they're ok you have no idea what's happening inside.

[rjzzleep]

It's the second largest arms exporter. You need to stop measuring everything in USD value. Turkey ditched the US air defence for S-400s even at the price of getting sanctioned in return. That's NATO's second largest army by far.

From what I see most of the world that matters outside of Europe has ignored the sanctions on Russia. Even Japan which often acts as the US's chess piece, decided to hold off despite their rhetoric and is silently rolling back their sanctions. Israel announced a realignment with Russia after the last elections and Israel arguably has the worlds most powerful security apparatus. India already told the west they won't play along despite all the bullying that happened in the beginning. China has been increasing their cooperation more and more even though in the beginning they were very careful with their support.

These aren't the actions of countries that think Russia is in a losing position. Nobody worth a dime thinks that Russia's economy is going down. Even The Economist, one of the most pro Ukrainian newspapers has admitted that much to their regret, Russia's economy is ALREADY rebounding.

Meanwhile the US is paying the Ukrainian politics and military's salaries, because Ukraine has no economy left and it basically defaulted a while back with a restructuring announced shortly after.

Greek shipping literally still mixes Russian oil and resells it to Europe. Although everyone is eager to see what will happen to it in the near future

[hem777]

> These aren't the actions of countries that think Russia is in a losing position

Quite the opposite. When sharks smell blood, there’s a feast. Or as investors would say, when things are down, there’s a good deal to be made.

[snowpid]

Russia's economy does not rebound. There is no grow in Russia.