Its not about their economy. Poor economy is the result of wide spread corruption and incompetence at all levels. Sure they still enjoy the benefits of soviet

Its not about their economy. Poor economy is the result of wide spread corruption and incompetence at all levels. Sure they still enjoy the benefits of soviet era advances but that is slowly going away as well. Also Brain drain is real, anyone capable and who is not brainwashed left the country. THAT alone will continue to hit the country hard in the future on all fronts (and already is).