Russia Grows Stronger by the Day: Europe Grows Weaker

Sanctions and embargoes backfired; the global market saved Vladimir Putin. Who will save the West?

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Even as the U.S. and European nations sought to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for his actions in Ukraine via economic sanctions and embargoes, the Chinese Communist Party quietly doubled China’s imports of Russian energy.