“Russia is a one-trick pony.”
There was an article in the Wall Street Journal a couple of days ago, on how Russia has surpassed the US in the sale of wheat for several years and the Russian farmers are thriving. Their expenses are much lower (US farmers’ expenses are 5 times as much) and the Russians can undersell the US and the European Union. The Russians pay their expenses at home in rubles, but get paid in the world market in dollars.
Yes...albeit the Russian people at large are still not experiencing the true fruits of their labor due to oligarchs control of their economy.
And it is a shame that weak American leadership prior to Trump allowed our standing in the world to dwindle with regard to energy, agriculture, etc...