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> Putin has spent much of his incumbency trying to diversify Russia's economy I'd say Putin was declaring efforts to diversify the economy. In practice necessa
by avmich 10y ago
> Putin has spent much of his incumbency trying to diversify Russia's economy
I'd say Putin was declaring efforts to diversify the economy. In practice necessary actions weren't taken in needed quantities.
There are good examples of saying one thing, doing completely the opposite with the modern Russian government. That difference is a part of why it's hard to deal with Russia.
- gragas 10y ago>I'd say Putin was declaring efforts to diversify the economy. In practice necessary actions weren't taken in needed quantities. You're probably right about that. But even then, oil has largely contributed to the recent downsides of Russia's economy, has it not?