Analysts, what do you make of this? Soft power is very underrated sana.
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Soft power is one thing China completely lacks. Without it, nations will find it difficult to voluntarily ally with them.
Their propaganda is also subpar. Lackadaisical to say the least.
With time countries will find ways to get around sanctions. Especially if many big nations are sanctioned at once.
Wacha kwanza annual flooding ya Yangtze river irudi katikati ya summer then they’ll know how to deal with wheat shortages.
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Sanctions are overrated, Iran na north Korea are good example why sanctions don’t work. Furthermore Russians are tough and proud people, no way they will bow down to their biggest enemies because of ‘sanctions’.
Also the backbone of Russia economy ni export of gas, oil and grains and I don’t think America or anyone else can stop them from exporting these products.
But the west should ought to know that diplomacy is dead and Russia will be applying the rule of the jungle henceforth.
To deceive us is almost impossible. The red pill gave us immunity against western propaganda. RBC.RU, from where you get the infor is a pro west news media org.
Maybe its enjoying links to CIA operatives - I’m speculating of course, but it is one of the news media outlets that fell foul of media laws in Russia targetting ‘foreign agents’…
That it is spoken about so glowingly in western news media outlets is indicative of its incurable anti-russia slant despite being - on the surface - Russian.
With that perspective your debate is moot.
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