> and both the ussr and the russian empire were much more self sufficient than modern russia that relies on the chinks. i guess you lived under a rock for the past 30 years, and failed to notice that due to globalisation, every country is severely interdependent on other countries. that's just the effect of globalisation, which tightens trade and resource dependency.  however, all things considered, there's only very few countries on the planet who could survive in a total cut-off scenario, and russia certainly is one of them.
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