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>The backing of China is inessential.
What kind of bullshit is this? China is completely propping up Russia's economy; their trade volume has nearly quadrupled from pre-war levels. Same with India.

Something like 70% of the Russian government's revenue comes from exporting commodities via their state owned oil and gas companies and exports to the EU have almost vanished. If China and India didn't supplant the EU, the only way Russia could paid for anything these last few years would have been money printing and they'd be ass deep in hyperinflation by now if that had happened.