@VikingChieftain At the very best they will be back in the 50s WITHOUT capital to lift them up.
Look at all the investment that foreign companies have made since the 90s. Stolen by Putin at any second on a whim. No airplane company will go there after theft of Boeing and Airbus leased planes.
From what I read somewhere Siberian oilfields are in danger of shutting down. To start them up again takes years at best.
They ded, like so ded.