So if there are coordinated efforts to cut off trade with Russia… except for energy exports, what's Russia's incentive to keep...
So if there are coordinated efforts to cut off trade with Russia… except for energy exports, what’s Russia’s incentive to keep exporting energy? What do they get for it?
Money. The European reliance on Russian energy isn’t one-way; Russia is currently essentially a petrostate. It will take time for them to get their industry back to the point where they can stop doing this, and even then they’re still likely to have an economy where a large proportion of exports are fairly unrefined natural resources
Well, but what can they buy with it? And if nothing, what’s the point?