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It's debatable. Iran and NK weren't as developed as Russia was. Sure, there are many alternatives to things such as payment providers, but regular Russians are
by sofixa 5y ago
It's debatable. Iran and NK weren't as developed as Russia was. Sure, there are many alternatives to things such as payment providers, but regular Russians are basically cut off from many services they used to use until recently ( Netflix, YouTube) and can no longer but stuff they could before ( iPhones, computers, etc.). This will hurt drastically more the average Russian than the average North Korean who has never had the privilege to use any of those things ( if they've even heard of them). The damage to the Russian economy from sanctions is also enormous and it will take years to recover.
- patrickaljord 5y ago> It's debatable. Iran and NK weren't as developed as Russia was. Russia GDP is like Spain, it's not that developed either. It's mostly gaz and wheat, this can be diverted to China, though at a discount of course. Still enough to survive.
- sofixa 5y agoDeveloped as developed, not GDP. Monaco's GDP is miniscule compared to Morocco ( 7 vs 119 billion USD), but you can safely say Monaco is more developed.
- bonzini 5y agoRussia's GDP is like Spain's with (going by memory) 4-5 times the population.
- onemoresoop 5y agoAnd Spain is 30 times smaller in size than Russia