It makes sense for Putin to cash out now rather than wait and let NATO become more entrenched in Ukraine. I mean from a strategic standpoint this was also a very fragile time with a delicate global recovery which may factor into it also. These are not the times you want to sanction the world’s biggest wheat exporter and a major oil provider, We are hurting Russia yes but we are also hurting ourselves, another reason the idea of the west sanctioning China isn’t very likely.