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Originally Posted by Kursk
Well, that's one interpretation. Another might be that the President is not playing but acting in what he regards as the best interests of his country. I think he will have had a pretty good grasp of the likely repercussions but only a gambler would test the strength of his hand.
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Regrettably he hasn't acted in what are the best interests of his country but in the best interests of a corrupt few.
He has destroyed Russia's manufacturing economy and left it totally dependent on natural resources for exports, and cannot even come close to matching some of the Arab states in terms of cost of production of oil.
Russia's infrastructure is a mess as it hasn't been invested in. It's very hard to do business there. It's rank with corruption and cronyism.
If he wants to act in the best interests of Russia he could do way worse than standing aside and allowing the country's economy and politics to properly liberalise. The economy is going to be in a worse state than it was during the immediate post-USSR period soon.