> Weaponizing russian central bank dollar reserves was not a good idea for sanctions. It’s hacking your own foot and the branch it stands on. Why would foreign

> Weaponizing russian central bank dollar reserves was not a good idea for sanctions. It’s hacking your own foot and the branch it stands on. Why would foreign governments such as China maintain dollar reserves now ? It seems like this is the kind of thinking Putin was counting on: having the West hold back from using their effective weapons out of fear of "using them up," until those weapons become rusty and useless.