Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country

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China might be far less able to stay functional if cut off from trade, but doing so would also cut off the world's supply lines for everything made there, which once you include components and upstream equipment is basically everything in developed/"first world" nations. Everything but food and artisanal boutique luxury goods at least, and even those when tools and, again, components and materials are considered.

Come to that, isn't the majority of the world supply of titanium mined in/by Russia? I seem to remember something about that, though it was from years ago.