MSNBC Alex Witt Reports February 20, 2022 19:11:00
Economy to survive. they're not that big when you compare them to other global economies. we're talking about an economy that is smaller than the state of california. they exist off the revenues for their oil and gas sectors. 40% of u.s. oil and gas is made up by supplies from russia. if they were to lose that market as a result of western sanctions, even that 4,000-kilometer pipeline that takes gas from russia to china would not be enough to make up for the shortfalls of revenues they would lose as a result of sanctions. to give you a bit of perspective about how tough this would be on his ec...