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About 20% of Russia's GDP was imported goods and services as of 2017.
When you are talking that percentage of an entire economy it is a lot of everything. Russia was and still is connected to the international economy.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/russia/#economy
cars and vehicle parts, packaged medicines, broadcasting equipment, aircraft, computers (2019)
To trade with other countries in dollars because that is the world's reserve currency.
China and Russia even had a deal to swap yuan but the Chinese backed out, leaving Russia with a load of yuan that not even the Chinese wanted.
Yes, the dollar is shit. But RELATIVELY against other currencies, it is the best game in town. Gold is probably an exception. The Russians have proved this.
BTW, in the last 30+ years, which countries have seriously tried to set up gold standard currencies OR considered just conducting international trade in gold?
Yugoslavia, Iraq, and Libya.
You forgot the wonderful example of Venezuela. Largest oil deposits in the world, all their reserves in gold.
AND no toilet paper, or pretty much anything people needed.
Nope, they pulled their gold from the US Fed and we let them do it even though we knew they were gonna default on their bonds.
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