Quote Originally Posted by maxmixiv View Post
Can you tell any "product", made in Russia, for what you wouldn't grudge your money?
Well, probably not some assembled products, but stuff like the steel is still competitive. However, it's obvious there's some work involved to produce that. There has to be some modernizations, maintenance, care for the specialists, etc. Of course, the governing bodies couldn't care less as long as there are raw materials to sell which require even less investments. But, don't worry about the oil/natural gas prices too much. As soon as that goes down, the local governing bodies would realize that Moscow could give them even less in return than today, so the separatism sentiments would grow a way more than today. The central governing bodies would have to do something practical, so the situation with production could turn out for better.