Will China help Russia through sanctions? Can China afford to help Russia? Is China’s new digital yuan or similar workarounds capable of empowering Russia to evade global sanctions? What are their possible limitations?

Today we sit down with Dr. Antonio Graceffo, China analyst, author, and professor of Economics, to talk about the economic impacts of the sanctions on Russia and to what extent China can help Russia through the global siege.

We also talk about the prospect of China and Russia becoming evermore isolated, politically and economically, as the Ukraine crisis drags on, and how now might just be the right time to decouple from the authoritarian powers.