Russian elite doesn't want Russians to be rich. They view poverty as a competitive advantage. If they're poor, we can keep wages low, decreasing cost of production. If they are poor, they can't buy expensive foreign goods worsening our trade balance. Finally, poor won't emigrate pic.twitter.com/N0GxZFDz1T

— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) March 28, 2022