Tit for tat; Russia is moving towards China. The Pacific Rim is where the real competition is at. Biden wanted to shut up Russia over his own graft in the Ukraine. Russia’s pivot towards China is going to hurt Western consumers in the long run. The entire world is in double digit inflation, but Russia is not suffering from self imposed energy restraints.
Russia is becoming China’s prison b@@@@. China has them by the testicles. China will tell Russia how high to jump and when.