Russia is still feeling the effects of the cold war brain drain that hasn't helped by their less than inviting prospects for the return of expensive, specialized talent. They will just wind up BEING chinese products, carefully and cleverly rebranded and channeled through government-approved "assembled in motherland" companies in Russia that chinese firms will only happen to have a majority stake in.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

They will just wind up BEING chinese products, carefully and cleverly rebranded

Russia being Russia, it's much cheaper to just change the definition of "domestic" and not give a shit about the rebranding bit. Also, with China being China, there is also a level of "rebranding" that happens with components unless strict QA processes are implemented by the buyers.

They never really recovered from the cold war and there was another mass exodus of brain power due to the Ukrainian war.

They are basically fucked unless they can stop their shit and start getting along with other countries. There are dozens of companies that would love to sell them stuff legally.