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Re:Tell HN: If You Are in Russia by spuz on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @04:12AM (#30511607)
My interpretation is that Russia has changed even if Putin withdraws tomorrow and tries to revert things back to where they were a few months ago. The response from the West has been severe enough that it will take years for business relationships to be rebuilt. In that time, Russia would most likely form closer ties with China. This will mean the West will lose any leverage they previously had on their kleptocratic ruling class and things will most likely get even more difficult for ordinary citizens. And that's the most optimistic scenario except for some kind of miraculous uprising against Putin who currently enjoys a majority of support.
Re:Tell HN: If You Are in Russia by roca on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @06:05AM (#30512615)
China won't be interested in propping up Russia. There's nothing in it for them.
Re:Tell HN: If You Are in Russia by astrange on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @03:02PM (#30519224)
They're a cheap source of several resources - wheat, oil, gas - and China probably doesn't want to bother owning all of Siberia.