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I do believe that Russia can go it alone, if it has to. It doesn’t lack for anything. What raw materials does Russia lack that it must get from the world?

I did say that there would be price adjustments, but there isnt’ anything that I can think of that Russia needs to get from the outside world.

Without advanced Western electronics and semiconductors which Russia cannot produce, they stand no chance in the long run.
They could get some low-grade Chinese production, but that won’t be enough.

Russia might team up with China and invade Taiwan to forcefully get the world’s best semiconductor production systems... But then we would be in WWIII.

I do believe that Russia can go it alone

That's a belief not based on facts. I believe that space aliens are among us, and they will be taking over the planet in less than 20 years.

But, Russia is very dependent on imported electronics, especially for their planes and tanks and many other war machinery. And they don't have the manufacturing capabilities and capacity to keep their war machines (planes, tanks, etc) going for too long And, they've had to keep their fighter planes and bombers and helicopters out out of the war, for fear of losing them all and not being able to replace them. Sure, they've sent many into the fight, but they can't keep it up.

Think again. Russia made a huge mistake, thinking they'd take Ukraine in a few weeks with no major damage to their war-fighting capabilities. Putin was very wrong, and so are you.