Putin once said, "Give me 20 years and give you a strong Russia". It is true that Putin has strong political skills and great ambitions, but 20 years are coming. Although Russia is strong in some aspects, such as the military, it is not called "strong" as a whole. A real power is a country with superior comprehensive strength in politics, economy and science and technology. In the past two decades, Russia's progress has not been particularly obvious. Why is this?

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, although the territory of Russia is very large, it is basically in danger of division and the domestic situation is unstable. Coupled with the soaring domestic prices, the economic source mainly depends on selling oil, which makes people panic, and the GDP is not as high as that of China. After Putin took office, the focus was on maintaining territorial integrity and quelling the rebellion. He put Russia's limited financial resources on military spending, so the turbulent Russia achieved peace and stability in Putin's hands.

However, Russia's economic mechanism and extensive economic growth model have not fundamentally changed. Heavy industry accounts for an absolute proportion, while light industry continues to be ignored. Without a strong and complete economic capacity, people's living standards will not go up, and ultimately they will not be able to achieve economic leap. Without the growth of economic strength, politics, military, science and technology have no economic foundation to support, and all kinds of strength can not meet the standards of a strong country.

What's more, I think it is also very important that Russia is located at high latitudes and most areas are in relatively cold places. Such climatic conditions have also limited the pace of many foreign investors. This is a serious injury. After all, Putin can't change the geographical position of Russia. It can also be seen that to make Russia strong, Russian leaders including Putin need to think about the way out.