--- boddi satva <lbo.boddi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> So why wasn't the Soviet Union a huge gas and oil
> exporter? How did
> the decision to become a great petro-power happen
> after and not before
> the planned economy phase?
The Soviet Union WAS a big oil and gas exporter. Russia is much more petro-oriented today 'cuz of the proce situation.
>
> Cars? Steel? Consumer goods? How much of what you
> buy is produced in
> Russian state industry?
>
A lot.
Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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