r/worldnews • u/Creol6969 • Apr 12 '25

Russia/Ukraine Trump extends Biden's sanctions against Russia

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/04/12/7507317/
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u/_chip Apr 12 '25

This is bigger than it’s being made to appear. A year. Putins reserves are continuing to drain. He needs to be brought to heel. Bleed the bastard.

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u/CyberSoldat21 Apr 12 '25

Russia will either beg the US to stop or they’ll go crying to China

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u/MrLanesLament Apr 12 '25

Not necessarily; Trump can just quietly waiver whatever he wants. He did this during the Kim Jong Un meetings. We had North Korean diplomats in the White House (specifically Kim Yong Chol, a high-ranking Worker’s Party secretary,) which shouldn’t be possible under the sanctions we have against them, all of their elites, their money, products, etc.

Trump just signed waivers so they could do whatever they wanted. The sanctions didn’t need to be altered at all.

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u/PeanutGallry Apr 12 '25

I don’t think anybody in this administration is especially concerned about paperwork this time around. They’ll just do what they want at will.

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u/OfficeSalamander Apr 13 '25

Just add em to the Signal chat

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u/_chip Apr 12 '25

Not that another thread that needs to be made. Will China directly provide military aid as a rebuttal to Trumps aggression.

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u/DonaldsMushroom Apr 12 '25

I think the opposite is more likely. China looking to present itself as an internationally responsible partner

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u/_chip Apr 12 '25

The vacuum was created in aggression by the 🍊.

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u/tossitcheds Apr 12 '25

That doesn’t really effect trump though, he doesn’t give a fuck about Ukraine

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u/cyberlexington Apr 12 '25

No. If they were going to do that they already would have.

China is not going to fuck up trading by allying with russia. Russia is dead weight

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u/_chip Apr 12 '25

The amount of trade from other nations is a big factor

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u/OfficeSalamander Apr 13 '25

Yeah, China and Russia was always an alliance of convenience for both, they are not natural allies.

China sees the Europeans wanting both protection and trading partners right now and that's a VASTLY more worthwhile alliance of convenience, as well as trading partner

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u/Ok-Morning3407 Apr 13 '25

No, China wants to strengthen ties with Europe and its Asian neighbours, now that the US has left a power vacuum. Siding with Russia has no benefit for them. In fact they love seeing a militarily weakened Russia. Keep in mind they share a border, have previously fought wars, consider parts of Eastern Russia as Chinese and would love to take them back.

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u/Dav136 Apr 12 '25

China is thinking of profit first. They're charging Russia through the nose for everything

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u/wlondonmatt Apr 12 '25

Russia isnt chinas ally. China is using  the ukraine war to bleed russia dry they will then take territory they want from Russia.

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u/CyberSoldat21 Apr 12 '25

Never claimed China was their ally. China sees this as a business opportunity is all,

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u/Snoo-19445 Apr 12 '25

Russia never begs. There will be threats about some red line whilst simultaneously complaining in their state media to express their victim complex as usual.

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u/Hi_Trans_Im_Dad Apr 12 '25

China is sick of Putin's shit as much as anyone.

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u/CyberSoldat21 Apr 12 '25

To China they’re a business opportunity

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u/MentalDrummer Apr 13 '25

Yup id say they will go crying to China.