China is not involved in the war.
From the thread "China says it's not the right time for peace talks"
It's not up to China whether Russia stops attacking Ukraine or not. The responsibility to stop attacking Ukraine is solely Russia's.
Before we get too far off-topic. Russia will keep attacking as long it has the means to attack; with China's support with equipment and finances from energy purchases along with the USA and especially the EU oil purchases, Russia will be able to fund the war.
EU is buying a lot of oil through resale. Sanctions don't work.
You might be right; but I don't judge rationality by whether they conform to my morality. Putin has stated some objectives and is working to gain them. He efforts are not being very fruitful; but he has sustained his goals over a decade now from when he took Crimea to the present time. As far as caring for the will or wellbeing of his people, I am not sure there have been too many Russian leaders going back to the tzars that really cared about that.
Now that just tells me that you don't follow the situation in Russia at all. There's been quite a heavy effect from the sanctions so far. You'd just need to look at how Gazprom is doing for an easy look. Or just look at the amount of sales to EU they've lost (and no, don't bother talking about China/India, those sales aren't compensating and the deals Russia has had to accept with China and India aren't exactly the best ones for them). And how much they've had to drain the cash they've had in store.
N. Korea, Iran, Lybia, South Africa, Venezuela, and Russia how have those sanctions worked?
You listed off a bunch of countries. Good for you. Would you like to elaborate how exactly is this list supposed to mean that sanctions aren't functioning? Because they are doing obvious damage to Russias national finances, as I pointed out specifics regarding that. You listed countries without anything else.
I would like you to critically think about how our sanctions against countries have accomplished any of our desires. Has any of these countries bent to our will or are they doing the same stuff that we sanctioned them for? You mention Russia and because of that we now have the emergence of BRICS nations and pushed Russia closer to China. Sanctions on Russia have harmed the world because Russia used to be a major exporter of food energy and natural resources. The media isn't telling you the harms of the sanction but gives you a false illusion that it works. I didn't learn this till last year after watching financial programs.
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Old sanctions like embargos maybe and such, but weaponizing the world reserve currency is another thing. The world reserve currency should be free for all countries to use if the USA wants them to conduct business in the dollar. In the digital age, it's easier for us to stop countries like Russia from being able to use the dollar.
