The United States and Western countries have launched sanctions against Russia around the world, in order to pull China into the water, the Western media forced China to take a stand, but In order to safeguard its own interests, China has become a "thorn in the eye" and a "thorn in the flesh" of Western politicians.
According to global network news, on March 3, local time, the Biden administration plans to impose new sanctions on Russian oligarchs and their families in the near future. According to informed sources, there is a certain difference between the sanctions imposed by the United States on Russian oligarchs this time and the previous EU sanctions against Russian oligarchs, and the Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the EU will be sanctioned by the US government again, and the United States will also sanction the family members of these Russian oligarchs, and the scope will be wider. At present, US President Biden has signed relevant decrees to impose sanctions on some high-level Russian figures and their adult children who are closely related to the Russian government. Of course, the US sanctions are also expected by Russia, after all, since Russian President Putin announced a military strike against Ukraine, Russia has known that it will bear all-round attacks and sanctions from the United States and Western countries.
As far as the current situation is concerned, the sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and Western countries are mainly in three aspects:
First, economic sanctions are imposed on Russian President Vladimir Putin, the top echelons of the Russian government, and the rich in Russia. For Putin and the Russian government at the top of the level, such sanctions have no impact. But for the Russian rich, the impact is greater, after all, they have a lot of assets and business in the United States and European countries, once confiscated or banned, will suffer a huge blow.
Second, a comprehensive crackdown on Russia's financial sector, including the disruption of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, turning the €9.5 billion project into a pile of waste, removing Russia's SWIFT system from making it impossible for Russia to handle foreign exchange transactions, restricting Russian energy and mineral exports, and directly impacting the Russian economy.
Third, the imposition of sanctions on Russian semiconductors and high-tech will be the most powerful weapon against Russian industry and commerce, because the soft underbelly of science and technology is a problem that Russia cannot solve in a short period of time.
However, while the United States and Western countries are besieging Russia, they do not forget to "pull China into the water", on the afternoon of March 2, in response to the US media's proposal that "relevant countries have recently introduced sanctions against Russia, will China also introduce relevant financial measures?" In response, the Information Office of the State Council of China said that China would not participate in such sanctions, and that China and relevant parties would continue to maintain normal economic and trade exchanges and financial exchanges. That is to say, the sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries will not have any impact on China's economic and trade cooperation with Russia. In fact, whether at the press conference of the Chinese Foreign Ministry or in the conference call between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and foreign ministers, China's basic position on the Ukraine issue is open, transparent and consistent.
As Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, China has always advocated respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries. In view of the current crisis, China calls on Ukraine and Russia to find a solution to the problem through negotiations and support all constructive international efforts conducive to political settlement. Obviously, in order to safeguard its own interests, China will not intervene in the muddy waters of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and the United States and Western countries continue to let China express its position on the Ukraine issue, in fact, it is to let China get involved in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, so as to prevent China from reaping the benefits of the fisherman. It is only China's neutral attitude and stance on the Ukraine issue that has become a "thorn in the eye" and a "thorn in the flesh" of Western politicians. When the situation in Ukraine continued to intensify, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison opened fire on China, saying that China had "done nothing" on the Ukraine issue and had always chosen to stay out of the matter. Recently, The Australian defense of Tarton has publicly stated that he wants China to dissuade Putin and stop the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Coupled with China's abstention at the United Nations General Assembly, the Western media have adopted various "three indiscriminate" means to smear China and fabricate China as Putin's "complicity" in the attack on Ukraine, believing that China is supporting Russia to launch a strike against the democratic countries. However, the fact is that China has always called on the parties to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict to resolve their contradictions and differences through negotiation and dialogue, and China has repeatedly stressed that China's position on the Ukrainian issue is: do not pull a bias, do not look at the hilarity and do not hand over the knife, China has been through its own efforts to promote the de-escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and strive to let Russia and Ukraine return to the negotiating table, as far as possible to solve the problem through dialogue.
In contrast, the United States and Western countries have not played any positive role in the downgrading of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict at all, except for repeated arches. The media in the United States and Western countries are desperately pouring dirty water on China, in fact, they are worried about China's support for Russia, after all, China is the second largest economy after the United States, but China has long publicly stated its position and attitude, and the conspiracy between the United States and Western countries is doomed to fail.