Russia was always the economic power on the world stage no matter all the problems and crisis she has. And it will be very importan financial and economic player in the future too. But the cold war is over long time ago and Russia shouldn't be considered as enemy anymore.
Yes, but before there was Russia (in Soviet Union) the economic system was actually working extremely bad and there was rather an illusion of it being successful, because it all lived using huge amounts of petroleum. Nowadays the situation is different. I guess the part of why they are successful is crypto-currencies. Did you notice how much information on currencies there is in Russian? And Ethereum which is one of the best now was created by a Russian 20-year-old guy! But I guess it is fine, Russia is not really a big enemy. There is an enemy way worth than that.