[cutemonster]

Russia isn't that interesting any longer, economy wise.

China is the competitor to the US nowadays. All Russia has is nukes and troll farms, and corruption.

[mensetmanusman]

Russia has all the minerals to support any size of Chinese war machine ramping. It’s not their economy that matters.

[cutemonster]

That doesn't make sense. The minerals don't disappear just because Putin fails invading Ukraine. The minerals will be waiting in the ground no matter what.