Gallup reports that despite the sanctions, record percentages of Russians believe that their local economy (56%) and living standards (46%) are improving.
Gallup reports that despite the sanctions, record percentages of Russians believe that their local economy (56%) and living standards (46%) are improving.
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The best news in that report is how the views of China's leadership are climbing. Really hopeful Russia starts modelling itself more and more on China. A lot of people in Russia see USSR in a positive light, and it's not hard to see how USSR could've transitioned to a model similar to what we see in China if better decisions were made. Now that Russians got to experience capitalist model first hand, there's a tangible understanding of what was lost.
I'm very hopeful that Russia will take cues from China's economic model, but I'm somewhat skeptical. The reich-wing oligarchs will probably fight against efforts to emulate socialism, and Putin will be a narcissistic fence sitter who abuses power for his own ends. Russia is an anti-imperialist ally, but it is still a bourgeois capitalist dictatorship.