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Ukraine war: G7 threatens sanctions if Iran sends Russia ballistic missiles (www.scmp.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

so they have to rely on Soviet tech

Well that part is true enough at least. Capitalist Russia naturally can't innovate as much as Socialist/Soviet Russia could. Even its highly sophisticated public transport like in Moscow are stuff that the USSR built; they'd probably be filled with high-speed rail by now, like China is, if it wasn't overthrown.