Russia is struggling to annexe Ukraine, but China is annexing Russia pretty effortlessly

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Opinion: Vladimir Putin’s bungled invasion of Ukraine has damaged his political standing at home and weakened Russia’s position abroad, but as Russia staggers, China is holding it up, writes Peter Hartcher

. Special operations are “conflicts which can be lost without a population really noticing. But when you lose a war you risk losing your country.”And Putin his power. His dilemma is that he needs to demonstrate battlefield success but does not want full mobilisation Why not? “For the same reason that he was reluctant to impose mandatory vaccination during the COVID pandemic: the fear that such a move would expose his lack of control,” if Russians refuse en masse, says Krastev.

China’s imports of seaborne Russian Urals crude oil have boomed by 40 per cent between January and July, according to commodities consultancy Kpler. Beijing also has stepped up imports through a Siberian pipeline. In short, as Russia staggers, China is holding it up. Overall, total Russian exports to China have burgeoned by 49 per cent between January and July to $US61.4 billion.

 

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