This is so fucking funny. The absurdity of this. Scale it down... Pretend each country is one person. Russia is beating the shit out of Ukraine, taking their belongings back from him. The rest of the world disapproves, so they all refuse to allow Russia to sell anything and make money. But then.... the USA and some others start getting really hungry. Ukraine is nearly dead, Russia is stomping his gay face in.... but USA is *really* hungry. So USA meekly taps the Russia Chad on the shoulder, interrupting his righteous beating, and says "Hey... we'll buy food from you. BUT NOTHING ELSE, YOU MONSTER! WE HATE YOU AND WILL RUIN YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO OUR FAGGOT, UKRAINE! So... you only take rubles now, right? Here ya go." That's what is happening here, just scaled way up.