Wall Street Journal (February 24)
2024/ 02/ 25 by jd in Global News
“The West tried to cut off Russia’s economy in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine. Two years later, Russia has engineered a wholesale rearrangement of its trade relationship with the world. Faced with punishing sanctions, it severed decadeslong connections with the West and deepened Moscow’s dependence on China and other sympathetic nations. The switch kept Russia’s military industry and civilian economy alive in the process.”