China's Russian traders smell profit as Ukraine sanctions bite

The 42-year-old has already been contacted by a components company hunting for partners in China after being cut off from its suppliers in Europe and North America.

China was always going to be Vlad's economic ace in the hole.

"This crisis is an opportunity for Russian companies in China," another Russian entrepreneur based in Beijing told AFP, using the pseudonym Vladimir.

China can do disaster capitalism too.

lol so they're going to china for their goods ... gee like the West and China is the winner!

Not only them. AMERICA too.

While Wall Street racks in on huge profits via buying cheap Russian assets via their non-US entities, the governments don’t allow ordinary people like you and me to cash in on the opportunities by “sanctioning”, directing profits to people with already too much fat on their belly, what kind of justice is this..?

Sanctions don’t hurt the rich but the poor!

Is Putin worried that he is not welcome in the US?

Oil and gas are in huge demand -Russia has China and India to sell to.

Russia will come to dominate Ukraine and that will be that.

China once again emerges as the smartest player. Achieving monopoly on Russian market as the west bow out