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China is taking Russian engineers and cheap resources. In the meantime, Putin complained that they didn't invest enough back.
Total GDP ain't big either. Military is 6% of their gdp with a lot of older material too ( = maintenance cost)
Very low vaccination rates, means very low trust in the governement.
Russia is doing this because of a weak position. Not from a strong one.
China is giving something to give Russia confidence, but really not much.
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China is taking Russian engineers and cheap resources. In the meantime, Putin complained that they didn't invest enough back.
Total GDP ain't big either. Military is 6% of their gdp with a lot of older material too ( = maintenance cost)
Very low vaccination rates, means very low trust in the governement.
Russia is doing this because of a weak position. Not from a strong one.
China is giving something to give Russia confidence, but really not much.