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When Republicans Wouldn't Allow Biden To Unite The Country, He United The World Instead.
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Must have beat you by a nano second, give you credit that you had the numbers correct, I didn't , plus
points for the nice graph.
But then only "A tiny percent." of people in this world support our President Biden's efforts to help Ukrainians!
Do I really need this?
Kenya, Ghana, Taiwan, Chile - basically countries that even show having enough of a GDP to have any impact.
But yeah when the goal posts keep changing, it helps to change subjects. 
UN General Assembly Overwhelmingly Condemns Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
March 02, 2022 3:22 PM
Margaret Besheer
(snip)
Of the 193 member states, 181 participated in the vote. Of those, 141 countries supported the resolution condemning Moscow and five were against it – including Russia and a tiny group of its allies — Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea. Thirty-five countries abstained, but their numbers do not affect the two-thirds majority needed for adoption.
https://www.voanews.com/a/un-general-assembly-overwhelmingly-condemns-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine-/6467348.html
March 02, 2022 3:22 PM
Margaret Besheer
(snip)
Of the 193 member states, 181 participated in the vote. Of those, 141 countries supported the resolution condemning Moscow and five were against it – including Russia and a tiny group of its allies — Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea. Thirty-five countries abstained, but their numbers do not affect the two-thirds majority needed for adoption.
https://www.voanews.com/a/un-general-assembly-overwhelmingly-condemns-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine-/6467348.html
That is not what you asked, now is it? This is what you asked -
What is considered "the world"?
and were told and even graphically shown. So now the scope creep begins.
Here is a list of the biggest economies - https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/business/list-global-sanctions-russia-ukraine-war-intl-hnk/index.html
(note the EU has 27 countries)
Per the President -
FACT SHEET: The United States Continues to Impose Costs on Russia and Belarus for Putin’s War of Choice
March 02, 2022 • Statements and Releases
(snip)
As a result of our historic, multilateral coordination, Russia has become a global economic and financial pariah. Over 30 countries representing well over half the world’s economy have announced sanctions and export controls targeting Russia. Russia is further isolated from the international financial and trade system. We are preventing Putin from accessing his war chest to soften the blow of our actions and support his invasion of Ukraine. The United States and governments all over the world are going after Putin’s cronies and their families by identifying and freezing the assets they hold in our respective jurisdictions – their yachts, luxury apartments, money, and other ill-gotten gains. And the United States and our Allies are acting in concert to minimize the impact of these measures on our economies, including through a coordinated release of 60 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves. We will continue to impose costs with Allies and partners so long as Putin continues to escalate.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/02/fact-sheet-the-united-states-continues-to-impose-costs-on-russia-and-belarus-for-putins-war-of-choice/
March 02, 2022 • Statements and Releases
(snip)
As a result of our historic, multilateral coordination, Russia has become a global economic and financial pariah. Over 30 countries representing well over half the world’s economy have announced sanctions and export controls targeting Russia. Russia is further isolated from the international financial and trade system. We are preventing Putin from accessing his war chest to soften the blow of our actions and support his invasion of Ukraine. The United States and governments all over the world are going after Putin’s cronies and their families by identifying and freezing the assets they hold in our respective jurisdictions – their yachts, luxury apartments, money, and other ill-gotten gains. And the United States and our Allies are acting in concert to minimize the impact of these measures on our economies, including through a coordinated release of 60 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves. We will continue to impose costs with Allies and partners so long as Putin continues to escalate.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/02/fact-sheet-the-united-states-continues-to-impose-costs-on-russia-and-belarus-for-putins-war-of-choice/
And then add Japan - https://www.state.gov/japans-financial-sanctions-against-russia/
And yes even China (out of public view) -
China not emerging as lifeline for sanction-slammed Russian economy
Despite a close partnership built around mistrust of the United States, Beijing is hesitant to incur Western wrath for evading sanctions on Russia
By Christian Shepherd
March 2, 2022 at 6:13 a.m. EST
(snip)
China’s public stance has been to repeat its long-held opposition to sanctions imposed outside the United Nations framework, and its statements on Ukraine have charted a narrow course. Beijing has supported Russia’s position by blaming NATO and the United States while claiming that China remains neutral and respects the sovereignty of all countries, including Ukraine.
China’s businesses and banks, however, appear to be seeking to avoid being pulled into Moscow’s standoff with the West.
Without making public statements, some Chinese institutions appear to be quietly adhering to sanctions, and there are few signs of significant attempts to create a lifeline for the Russian economy. According to Bloomberg News, two of China’s biggest commercial banks, Bank of China and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), in recent days restricted financing or purchases of Russian commodities.
(snip)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/02/russia-economy-sanctions-china-support-ukraine/
Despite a close partnership built around mistrust of the United States, Beijing is hesitant to incur Western wrath for evading sanctions on Russia
By Christian Shepherd
March 2, 2022 at 6:13 a.m. EST
(snip)
China’s public stance has been to repeat its long-held opposition to sanctions imposed outside the United Nations framework, and its statements on Ukraine have charted a narrow course. Beijing has supported Russia’s position by blaming NATO and the United States while claiming that China remains neutral and respects the sovereignty of all countries, including Ukraine.
China’s businesses and banks, however, appear to be seeking to avoid being pulled into Moscow’s standoff with the West.
Without making public statements, some Chinese institutions appear to be quietly adhering to sanctions, and there are few signs of significant attempts to create a lifeline for the Russian economy. According to Bloomberg News, two of China’s biggest commercial banks, Bank of China and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), in recent days restricted financing or purchases of Russian commodities.
(snip)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/02/russia-economy-sanctions-china-support-ukraine/
If you want to look at the totality of what has been done and by whom, you can see the relative strength of the economies of the countries that imposed those sanctions vs that of Russia (the carve-out for which can be found over in the "green" section next to the word "Europe" ) -
ETA a note that I ballparked at least 38 countries that have imposed sanctions, hardly a "tiny percent" - more like over 25% of them - and that is with just a quick look up of news articles.
But I am glad you finally started looking it up. And as I noted, there are 27 members of the EU. So with the 25 you list + 27 from the EU, right there you have 52 countries.
You can even add what I dub the "Caribbean Switzerland" - the Cayman Islands - to the list of those who imposed sanctions - https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/cayman-imposes-new-sanctions-against-russia-1
You also have fallout where countries continuing to attempt to do business with Russia can't get their stuff there unless they have the resources (transportation) to do so, thus they become defacto participants.
I'll repost this so that you can see who has the biggest impact -
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