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Russia is one of the world's largest exporters of oil and gas, and with its abundant energy resources, Russia** can easily make money. According to the latest data, oil exports to China have exceeded 100 million tons, growing rapidly. At the same time, however, life for ordinary Russians is not satisfactory. Especially in large cities such as Moscow, the wages of ordinary workers are far from enough to cope with the high cost of living. Even in other small and medium-sized cities, wages are relatively low. Many workers earn only two or three thousand rubles, and life is very tight. In addition, prices in Russia are generally higher, fruits and vegetables are half more expensive than in other countries, and many daily necessities are also one-third higher than in other countries. As a result, the standard of living of Russians lags far behind other developed countries.
Why, however, is it that ordinary people are not living well, despite the fact that Russia is making a lot of money selling oil and the economy looks to be doing well? Why do oil-rich countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE have people living so rich? Behind this lies the problem that Russia's economic structure and policies have prevented wealth from reaching ordinary people.
Russia has the world's largest territory and abundant oil resources. However, Russia has not effectively invested this wealth in light industry and people's livelihood for a long time. Since the beginning of the Tsarist period, Russia has focused on the military industry and the arms race, resulting in the failure of light industry and the development of people's livelihood industries. In Soviet times, light industry still did not receive enough attention, due to the fact that wealth was mainly invested in the military-industrial complex. This situation did not change after the collapse of Russia.
In the 90s of the last century, due to economic difficulties, Russians had to rely on Chinese goods for their living needs. However, due to the backwardness of Russia's own light industry and poor product quality, many Russians would rather spend money on Chinese goods than choose domestic ones. Even now, the development of light industry in Russia has stagnated.
Russia's economic problems are also reflected in the high concentration of industries. Since Russia's economy is mainly dependent on areas such as oil and the military industry, wealth is also relatively concentrated in a few fields and in the hands of a few. Ordinary people are unable to share in the benefits of oil and military dividends.
In order for a country to be strong and sustained, it must achieve comprehensive industrial development. At present, only two countries, the United States and China, can achieve a full-scale industrial rise. However, Russia's economic structure and development model make it difficult to achieve this goal.
To sum up, despite the fact that Russia is making a lot of money by exporting oil and the economic data looks good, the lives of ordinary people have not improved. The reason behind this is that Russia's economic structure and policies have led to the inability of wealth to reach the whole society. While developing the economy, Russia needs to pay attention to the development of light industry and people's livelihood industries, and promote industrial restructuring and economic diversification, so as to achieve a more balanced and sustainable economic development. In addition, Russia also needs to improve the social welfare system, improve the living standards of ordinary people, and reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, so as to ensure the common prosperity of the whole society.
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