Because Putin still didn't purge all oligarchs that were plundering it and transferring money to the West
You mean the great geo-strategist genius who doubled the length of Russia's border with NATO hasn't been able to fix Russia in 23 years? Shocking.
Number of billionaires in Russia when Putin started his promising career of a genocidal dictator: 0
Number of billionaires in Russia today: 100+ (due to sanctions might be down to ~80 by some estimates)
What a great purge of oligarchs. That'll teach them. If you plunder Russia it must be done thusly:
