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Originally Posted by halfpint
It wont even work long term because Russia has both the resources and allies to trade with They are not like some small country which has no resources or much to offer as trade.
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so if hypothetically the West stops buying Russian oil/gas (which accounts for ~2/3rds of Russian economy)... who will Russia sell that gas/oil to? wouldn't they now have to sell 3x to those remaining countries? Why would those countries suddenly start buying 3x oil/gas?
that scenario is likely not very realistic, but same logic follows if the West were to reduce their trade with Russia by 10% (likely very realistic scenario?)... that would imply that for Russia not to lose on the deal they would have to sell 30% more to the remaining countries (likely unrealistic?)...