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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
Indeed it is. Just like the Norway "economy" and other banana republics. But in contrast to Zambia, Norway or Somalia, Russia is the only country on the planet which is able to send people to the outer space, and it is one of two countries in the world that can destroy the planet in 30 minutes. I'm not proud of that, but this single fact describes our technological level just perfectly. Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Norway or Portugal and others can not do something similar - they still live in XIX century.
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Space is about the only thing you have left from old Soviet Union.
Other than that your "technological level" is 20 year behind developed countries. You do not make any competitive products on a world market.