http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29011092
Not only European countries but also Japan put severe economic sanctions on Russia, so the Russian government and Chinese government(new importer) agreed on construction of new pipelines from Russia to China.
In history, if countries had a diplomatic issue, they would take out weapons and declare a war. However, I found out that the diplomatic strategy has changed. Now a nation is more likely to take economic sanctions before taking weapons; sanctions have been more effective since a country is economically more dependent on the other.
But in this situation, Russia mitigates its implications of economic sanctions by exporting natural gas to a new buyer(China). What would happen if economic sanctions were no longer effective?
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