Vladimir Putin is falling back on Soviet-era self-reliance as oil wealth evaporates and sanctions cut off vitally-needed technology

AEP is showing his neoliberal bias.

Translation: Russia is not acting like a good client state by seeking self-sufficiency instead of supplying resources to the core. So the core has no choice but to bash Russia for setting a bad example for other client states by seeking to bread dependence on the core.

Talk to the Pentagon about Russia lagging in technology.

The Telegraph
Russia retreats to autarky as poverty looms
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard