Correct!!!!They will just do like what happened with Iran. They will make banks that trade with the Yuan and the banned country currencies and don't use any Western currencies and don't have a SWIFT connection.
What will also happen is that getting products sold in Western currencies will become more difficult. But this will mean Russia will buy even less manufactured products from the West. They don't buy that many as it is.
The Chinese government has no interest in letting the Russian economy collapse. And Russia right now has a similar trade volume with China compared to Germany. It is no longer true it is an insignificant trade partner like claimed in the article. Russia-China trade was $240 billion USD last year. Germany-China trade was $253.1 billion USD. Germany is like the 3rd largest trade partner that China has.
I wouldn't be surprised if Russia-China trade surpassed Germany-China trade this year. It might even surpass Japan-China trade over the next 4 years. Russia might become China's 2nd largest trade partner behind the US.
One of BRICS' newest additions has set an important mark, as both China and Iran have set a major oil record. Indeed, Iran has seen its oil exports reach a six-year high. Moreover, those exports have been massively boosted by sales to its new BRICS ally, China.1 day ago