This is true, but I haven't seen any serious push by Putin in this direction. Russia got rich with oil revenue. I can see super wealthy Russian oligarchs. I can see Putin trying to rebuilding old Russian empire. I haven't seen any Russian initiative of large-scale industrial development other than natural resources extraction and arms industry.
>This is true, but I haven’t seen any serious push by Putin in this direction. Russia got rich with oil revenue. I can see super wealthy Russian oligarchs. I can see Putin trying to rebuilding old Russian empire. I haven’t seen any Russian initiative of large-scale industrial development other than natural resources extraction and arms industry.
I’m not an expert on it, but i think a lot of that oil money was spent infastructure along with it being stolen.
Rebuilding the Russian empire us pointless as long as Russia can’t afford that empire. Despite liberal talking points almost every multi-cultural empire in history has been a net drain on resources. Even grabbing the Crimea has been a huge drain on Moscow which is a major factor in why Russia didn’t take the rest of the Ukraine.