> If China decided to ally with Russia - or help them get around the sanction - it would decimate China's economy as well: The US and EU also heavily depend on

> If China decided to ally with Russia - or help them get around the sanction - it would decimate China's economy as well: The US and EU also heavily depend on China. Russia is not thrown out of SWIFT for a full-on war; I highly doubt that there will be sanctions to a more important trade partner that massively hurt the EU and US themselves for merely supporting Russia.