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>>50180018
I believe that all that shit happened because of pure incompetency. The people deciding on sanctions weren't even aware that it would disrupt our own economy, they were literally thinking that cutting the Russian gas and switching to another source was like pushing a button, and guess what, it was not. Illegally capturing Russian oligarchs assets was also a big mistake, now Chinese investors won't want to put money in Europe or the US because they know that it could get seized if China decides to invade Taiwan. The

I believe that they thought simply giving the middle finger to Putin in Ukraine would do nothing, or that sanctions would be enough to make Russia back down. And of course they were wrong, that's why they're going all in by giving tons of military gear and money to Ukraine, they're desperately trying to save face and unfuck the situation, that country is a very important asset for them in the region. At least they gained Sweden and Finland joining NATO, it makes for a nice little compensation.