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Venezuela, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are also all extraordinarily rich in natural resources. That hasn't turned any of those countries into modern economies. And it won't help Russia either. To the contrary.

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It's difficult for an analysis to be so blind to the realities of the world..Russia has the largest reserves and undeveloped resource of energy in the world, produces 2/3 of the ammonium nitrate, has many minerals and metals desperately needed by the West, has an educational system without PC, gender studies, etc....has the most advanced missile technology, and produces surplus food that prevents global starvation...The US, China and EU need all this stuff, but somehow they are going to shut Russia out of the world economy? Ridiculous...

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Perhaps railway will help bring Russia closer to the East. At the same time, the East is moving towards Central Asia. India and Iran are also converging into Central Asia. That said, all these will likely play out over a time frame that exceeds 50 years. Maybe 150 years?

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Wouldn’t this open the frontier to China to invest and develop the Russian east? (Can’t China provide the capital and technology needed for import substitution and the move eastward?)

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The only out for Russia is to blackmail the world. $100 billion and tech every month or else Putin presses the red button. He already did that with "don't help Ukraine or else" and "don't join the NATO or else". That's peanuts. At least 100 billion dollars every month would do it.

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Смешно.

Технологии 2ой индустриальной - 30е - электро и бензиновый двигатель. Все. Это мог школьник. И сейчас технологии физические не проблема.

У нас другая проблема. Гуманитарные знания. Но с этим у всех проблема.

Гносология Канта как пропедевтика к наукам, и правовые науки с 5 века до н.э.

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Will Russia not repeat the fate of the USSR?

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Good thing for our side they can't steal technology because, clearly, Russia has no capacity for hacking.

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Are there any detailed study/analysis (book length/papers) of USSR technology import? On quantitative side? What technologies and what areas of production, etc.?

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