It's all because Russia refused to buy some American technologies. They said "we can build the same technology our own, no need to buy", and they did. I congratulate them for this.
If they haven't chosen that way, they would have become another American puppet country which won't be able to lift a finger without their permission. Now they are poor maybe, but they are free
Russia wanted to buy Opel for the American dollars, a German car producer owned by the American capital nowadays. And you guess what happened? The American government refused to sell it, despite all their so-called "laissez-faire capitalism". Now think again about Russia refusing to buy "some American technologies". As the Jewish proverb goes, ff a problem can be solved with money, it's not a problem but expenses
But chickens always come home to roost
LOL I've been telling people that for a long time now. Had no idea it was a Jewish proverb.
It's obvious that Russia is playing the Game just like just other nations and it seems that they're also somewhat suffering a bit as consequence, for example the EU sanctions for invading Ukraine. That they're also mostly exporting raw materials also is not helping. I still think that Russia will fare way better than Arabia in a post-oil world though.
I've also always wondered why Russia seem to be not as rich as the other European nations. I mean, it got a really HUGE territory and have a sizeable enough population. Well, guess they'll eventually get there. The current disunity of EU would play well into Russia's hands.