This is an article I wrote synthesizing PEW poll data and UN Comtrade data to help illuminate some of the correlations and motivations behind supporting Russia after the invasion. I found two things that are interesting enough to emphasize:

1. There are a couple democracies who cut trade with Russia after the invasion of Crimea but have not maintained embargos after the invasion of the rest of the country (Read to find out which:)
2. Support or disdain for the US or EU is not practically significant in determining support of Russia. Of the major included countries, only China matters. More than that, China matters more than the economy and change in trade combined.

Both of these findings, supported by the code and statistical analysis appendices indicate that there is something fundamentally wrong with western media coverage around Russia and China. We consistently assume an anti-American or anti-European bias that is not present in this global polling data.

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