In 2023, IRussia iqondise kabusha u-78% wokuthunyelwa kwayo kukawoyela eNdiya naseChina, ngokuphambene kakhulu no-32% ngo-2021. Lokhu bekuphendula izijeziso zaseNtshonalanga okuhloswe ngazo ukwenza buthaka umkhakha wamandla ezweni. Ukulethwa eNdiya kukhuphuke ngokuphindwe ka-18 eminyakeni emibili, kanti iChina yandisa ukungeniswa kwayo kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-107 ngo-2023.
Lokhu kuqondiswa kabusha kwakudingekile ngenxa yemikhawulo ebekwe izinhlelo zokukhokha zaseNtshonalanga, ukuphoqa iRussia ukuba ithuthukise ezinye izindlela zokuhweba nabalingani bayo base-Asia. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, amazwe e-BRICS asebenza ekudaleni izinhlelo ezintsha zokukhokha izinsiza zamandla, njengoba kufakazelwa isivumelwano sakamuva phakathi kweSaudi Arabia neChina sokuthengisa uwoyela we-yuan.