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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I think the Chinese support is for sale. Back when the security council voted on the legality of Russia annexing Crimea, China abstained (Russia vetoed and everyone else voted against). It did effectively isolate Russia at the time, but it seems like now they just needed some extra grease.
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Yup and the Russians got a 2 cent per unit discount on natural gas because of it. They also basically rebuffed a American request for sanctions from a high level.
China does what's best for China, in this case a strategic partnership with Russia economically makes a lot of sense for them. It makes massive sense for the Russians because it reduces the pressure of the weakened American sanctions (I say weakened because Europe isn't exactly rushing to the sanctions bus).
Russia is acting with a large amount of impunity in the Ukraine. They've already broken their pledge to cool things down that they gave to the American's last week and actually ramped things up.