" To be sure, Russia can still likely develop its lithium and other rare earths mines without Western capital and technology, but it might be costlier (especially in terms of redirecting funds from other investments) and longer."
Does China not mine Lithium ? Does it not have the proper technology to do it ? Does China not have massive capital ready for investment ?
"so long as Russia has the political will to finally do what’s needed and especially if it cuts a deal with the US for unlocking Western capital and technology":
I cannot understand this policy as I could not understand the previous attempt, with Argentina, the most unstable country in South America. In fact they are all unstable, including Brazil, which makes the Russian policy towards them ever more difficult to understand.
Before mixing heavily in the European matters, the US was busy with South America. The Soviet Union was herself mixing into that business. With Soviet Union gone, the US felt free to neglect South American business, to concentrate on Europe and Global Projects, It seems developments in this direction are tougher than expected, so back to where we started!
It's regrettable that Russia has not intuited this possibility before engaging with South American partners.
Wishful thinking, reinforced by broken feedback loops throughout the Foreign Ministry, is what I personally blame for Russia’s spree of setbacks abroad in recent years.
When you learn that many Russian diplomats pre-SMO were de facto liberal-globalists, who accepted Western hegemony and solely wanted to carve out a niche for Russia therein instead of reshape the world order (all of this contrary to the literal propaganda pushed by top “Non-Russian Pro-Russians” to generate clout, push an ideology, and/or solicit donations), everything makes a lot more sense.
Those who spoke up and warned about the risks connected with formulating policy based on this worldview learned the hard way through various experiences not to do so again.
This can only be called sabotage by insiders which is what brought down the Soviet Union, it seems Putin is the Gorbachev/Yeltsin in one figure, he originallywas given the job of protectingtheir families etc. It is so eerily similar in so many ways to the 80s through to the mid nineties along side the worshipping of the Anchorage agreement and the almost worshipping of western technology to join in the mineral/resource development of the RF at whatever cost to Russia or it population the only ones being considered are the oligarchs and5th and 6th columnists.
I heard that Putin did not attend Gorbachev's funeral - I do not know, but I would approve his position. And yet we see Putin running after the same clowns that cheated Gorbatchev! In a country the size of Russia, one should not allow foreign investment to run freely, Yeltsin's style.
Centuries of colonialism shaped the minds of these leaders like this saying goes: what is mine, is mine, what is yours is also mine.
In a natural order, all countries play to win. What we're seeing with Russia, and many other countries, is some kind of soap opera aka US style wrestling match.
Argentina is one of the darkest countries in the world, just look at what happened in the world cup and how they got to the final.
It is former Europeans who created the country, especially Italians and Spaniards who are dark energies, especially Italians, who also have many Italians living there and also moved there, as well as Jews.
Spain, Italy and Portugal raped South America while France had Africa as a playground.
Just look at how much murder and drugs there are in South America.
Russia should build its technology with allies and semi-allies,. Best for Russia would be to forget Argentina.
Are we to understand that there are no strategic thinkers and "mentats" in Russia? How come Chinese were able to focus so precisely on the "rare earths" mining, processing, and refining? Furthermore, if Russia truly wants technology on lithium exploration, it is likely that the Chinese have it. This perception that strategically it is problematic to rely to much on China, at present, what other options Russia has? Trying to make peace with the West? That is not a proposition worth considering. Also, except for aquiring foreign technology and know-how, Russia doesn't need, need foreign investments. The Bank of Russia can create rubles from thin air for specific, targeted projects. A bit of MMT doesn't harm.
Where does China's panda bonds in RMB and financing all the BRI fit in to your comment and also the Rothschild's money, Twiggy Forrest a iron mine owner in Western Australia borrowed equivalent of $6billion in Rmb to electrify his minesite which he will pay off with iron ore, where is the creeping Rothschild's money in this situation being replicating numerous times across the world?
Nabiullina wants to balance the budget in a war, she is a neoliberal blue blood and mmt is heresy to the 6th columnists of Russia who VVP defends at every turn. The distrust of China goes back a long way to the 1960s and made larger by the US through Nixon, Kissinger so Putin will not do what seems logical to us.
Of course they can. Any country can decide to throw off a debt based monetary system. In fact, one country tried to do that earlier in the 20th century. The people of that nation are suffering to this day.
Question: China supposedly print its own "debt free" currency. If thats the case, why does it seek for investment ?
Mostly for technology. But I am not sure China is really going now hat in hand serching for foreign investments... And why states are caught in this cycle of getting indebt? somebody must make safe money...
" And why states are caught in this cycle of getting indebt?"
They are forced to by the inherent nature of the "modern" financial system . Leaving the "plantation" is not allowed. See 1939 - 1945
" But I am not sure China is really going now hat in hand serching for foreign investments..."
It seems China is slowly allowing the Rothschild's in , whether it realizes it or not. Sadly, its similiar to a teenager who thinks they'll never get addicted to heroin and they'll be able to stop when they want.
" To counter a recent slump in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) caused by global interest rate hikes, geopolitical tensions, and a slower-than-expected post-pandemic recovery, China has rolled out aggressive policies throughout 2025 and 2026 to woo international investors.
Here is how China is actively attempting to attract foreign financial investment today:1. Expanding Financial Market AccessChina has been progressively tearing down historical barriers that kept foreign financial institutions out of its domestic markets:
The 2026 Action Plan: In June 2026, China issued the Action Plan for Stabilising and Optimising the Utilisation of Foreign Investment. This directly expands financial sector access, allowing foreign institutions to use risk management tools like treasury bond futures and conduct fund investment advisory business.
Opening to PE and VC: A major breakthrough in the 2026 plan allows foreign Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) funds to act as strategic investors in domestic listed companies, opening a highly requested pathway for capital markets access.
The QFI Scheme: China has continuously optimized its Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) scheme. The government has removed investment quota restrictions, simplified the application processes, and expanded the scope of what foreign institutions can trade to include commodity futures and options.
2. Tax Breaks and IncentivesTo make its markets more attractive, the government relies heavily on financial incentives:Encouraged Industries Catalogue: Effective February 2026, China updated its Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment.
Foreign capital directed toward advanced manufacturing, modern services, and green technologies receives preferential tax treatments, discounted land pricing, and faster regulatory approvals.
Bond Market Exemptions: In early 2026, China's Ministry of Finance renewed vital tax exemptions on onshore bond interest for overseas institutional investors, reaffirming its commitment to an investor-friendly bond market.
Reinvestment Perks: China offers specific tax incentives for foreign companies that choose to take their distributed profits and reinvest them back into the Chinese market rather than repatriating them abroad. "
" To be sure, Russia can still likely develop its lithium and other rare earths mines without Western capital and technology, but it might be costlier (especially in terms of redirecting funds from other investments) and longer."
Does China not mine Lithium ? Does it not have the proper technology to do it ? Does China not have massive capital ready for investment ?
Where is BRICS and its development bank ?
"so long as Russia has the political will to finally do what’s needed and especially if it cuts a deal with the US for unlocking Western capital and technology":
I cannot understand this policy as I could not understand the previous attempt, with Argentina, the most unstable country in South America. In fact they are all unstable, including Brazil, which makes the Russian policy towards them ever more difficult to understand.
Before mixing heavily in the European matters, the US was busy with South America. The Soviet Union was herself mixing into that business. With Soviet Union gone, the US felt free to neglect South American business, to concentrate on Europe and Global Projects, It seems developments in this direction are tougher than expected, so back to where we started!
It's regrettable that Russia has not intuited this possibility before engaging with South American partners.
Wishful thinking, reinforced by broken feedback loops throughout the Foreign Ministry, is what I personally blame for Russia’s spree of setbacks abroad in recent years.
When you learn that many Russian diplomats pre-SMO were de facto liberal-globalists, who accepted Western hegemony and solely wanted to carve out a niche for Russia therein instead of reshape the world order (all of this contrary to the literal propaganda pushed by top “Non-Russian Pro-Russians” to generate clout, push an ideology, and/or solicit donations), everything makes a lot more sense.
Those who spoke up and warned about the risks connected with formulating policy based on this worldview learned the hard way through various experiences not to do so again.
This can only be called sabotage by insiders which is what brought down the Soviet Union, it seems Putin is the Gorbachev/Yeltsin in one figure, he originallywas given the job of protectingtheir families etc. It is so eerily similar in so many ways to the 80s through to the mid nineties along side the worshipping of the Anchorage agreement and the almost worshipping of western technology to join in the mineral/resource development of the RF at whatever cost to Russia or it population the only ones being considered are the oligarchs and5th and 6th columnists.
I heard that Putin did not attend Gorbachev's funeral - I do not know, but I would approve his position. And yet we see Putin running after the same clowns that cheated Gorbatchev! In a country the size of Russia, one should not allow foreign investment to run freely, Yeltsin's style.
Centuries of colonialism shaped the minds of these leaders like this saying goes: what is mine, is mine, what is yours is also mine.
Concerning your last paragraph:
1. The Americans are utterly ruthless and play to win at any cost. Russia wants to be nice and wants to be liked,which is why this is so predictable.
2. The Russian leadership needs a serious shot of will. And not just concernig lithium.
In a natural order, all countries play to win. What we're seeing with Russia, and many other countries, is some kind of soap opera aka US style wrestling match.
Argentina is one of the darkest countries in the world, just look at what happened in the world cup and how they got to the final.
It is former Europeans who created the country, especially Italians and Spaniards who are dark energies, especially Italians, who also have many Italians living there and also moved there, as well as Jews.
Spain, Italy and Portugal raped South America while France had Africa as a playground.
Just look at how much murder and drugs there are in South America.
Russia should build its technology with allies and semi-allies,. Best for Russia would be to forget Argentina.
Are we to understand that there are no strategic thinkers and "mentats" in Russia? How come Chinese were able to focus so precisely on the "rare earths" mining, processing, and refining? Furthermore, if Russia truly wants technology on lithium exploration, it is likely that the Chinese have it. This perception that strategically it is problematic to rely to much on China, at present, what other options Russia has? Trying to make peace with the West? That is not a proposition worth considering. Also, except for aquiring foreign technology and know-how, Russia doesn't need, need foreign investments. The Bank of Russia can create rubles from thin air for specific, targeted projects. A bit of MMT doesn't harm.
Where does China's panda bonds in RMB and financing all the BRI fit in to your comment and also the Rothschild's money, Twiggy Forrest a iron mine owner in Western Australia borrowed equivalent of $6billion in Rmb to electrify his minesite which he will pay off with iron ore, where is the creeping Rothschild's money in this situation being replicating numerous times across the world?
Nabiullina wants to balance the budget in a war, she is a neoliberal blue blood and mmt is heresy to the 6th columnists of Russia who VVP defends at every turn. The distrust of China goes back a long way to the 1960s and made larger by the US through Nixon, Kissinger so Putin will not do what seems logical to us.
Not quite. Russia's financial system was setup with the "help" of the US and its central banks acts almost identically to the US / Rothschild system.
This doesn't mean the BoR cannot change the set-up, does it?!
Of course they can. Any country can decide to throw off a debt based monetary system. In fact, one country tried to do that earlier in the 20th century. The people of that nation are suffering to this day.
Question: China supposedly print its own "debt free" currency. If thats the case, why does it seek for investment ?
Mostly for technology. But I am not sure China is really going now hat in hand serching for foreign investments... And why states are caught in this cycle of getting indebt? somebody must make safe money...
" And why states are caught in this cycle of getting indebt?"
They are forced to by the inherent nature of the "modern" financial system . Leaving the "plantation" is not allowed. See 1939 - 1945
" But I am not sure China is really going now hat in hand serching for foreign investments..."
It seems China is slowly allowing the Rothschild's in , whether it realizes it or not. Sadly, its similiar to a teenager who thinks they'll never get addicted to heroin and they'll be able to stop when they want.
" To counter a recent slump in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) caused by global interest rate hikes, geopolitical tensions, and a slower-than-expected post-pandemic recovery, China has rolled out aggressive policies throughout 2025 and 2026 to woo international investors.
Here is how China is actively attempting to attract foreign financial investment today:1. Expanding Financial Market AccessChina has been progressively tearing down historical barriers that kept foreign financial institutions out of its domestic markets:
The 2026 Action Plan: In June 2026, China issued the Action Plan for Stabilising and Optimising the Utilisation of Foreign Investment. This directly expands financial sector access, allowing foreign institutions to use risk management tools like treasury bond futures and conduct fund investment advisory business.
Opening to PE and VC: A major breakthrough in the 2026 plan allows foreign Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) funds to act as strategic investors in domestic listed companies, opening a highly requested pathway for capital markets access.
The QFI Scheme: China has continuously optimized its Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) scheme. The government has removed investment quota restrictions, simplified the application processes, and expanded the scope of what foreign institutions can trade to include commodity futures and options.
2. Tax Breaks and IncentivesTo make its markets more attractive, the government relies heavily on financial incentives:Encouraged Industries Catalogue: Effective February 2026, China updated its Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment.
Foreign capital directed toward advanced manufacturing, modern services, and green technologies receives preferential tax treatments, discounted land pricing, and faster regulatory approvals.
Bond Market Exemptions: In early 2026, China's Ministry of Finance renewed vital tax exemptions on onshore bond interest for overseas institutional investors, reaffirming its commitment to an investor-friendly bond market.
Reinvestment Perks: China offers specific tax incentives for foreign companies that choose to take their distributed profits and reinvest them back into the Chinese market rather than repatriating them abroad. "