Does anybody really think that they will be able to lease modern civilian aircrafts after the war after having stolen hundreds of them?
They started the war because there was no way for them into Western structures anymore on equal terms. A split and an end to economic relations must have been accepted.
Following the Xi-Putin reunion, the Chinese and Russian governments released a lengthy joint statement declaring a “new era” of multipolarity, proposing a new international political model that will leave behind the unipolar hegemonic order dominated by Washington.
They started the war because there was no way for them into Western structures anymore on equal terms. A split and an end to economic relations must have been accepted.
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/07/china-russia-multipolar-historic-meeting/
That was in 2022 and they just renewed it.
China soon will build their own aircrafts. Russia doesn’t need economic relations with the West.
Russia took the planes, the West will take their bank accounts.