Unfortunately, it looks like russia might not be able to recover from this as easily as in the past. Thanks to globalization, it’s very easy for a nation to fall behind others.

They just killed off a huge portion of their able-bodied men. They have a culture of drinking and corruption. These kinds of things don’t just go away when the war is over. The impact from this should be enough to knock russia off of the global playing field for awhile. I’d wager India will take their place before long, if they haven’t already.

People are moving away from oil, too. I guess their only saving grace would be access to previously inhospitable lands due to global warming.