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  They've gone through that "self sufficient" bullshit before, in USSR times, conveniently forgetting that NOT everything behind the Iron Curtain was Russia.
  A conglomerate of states trading between themselves and to a limited extent with Africa and the Middle East can't be compared to what is happening now, but hey, reliving the glorious past...
context: I mean, their leadership keeps saying the world outside of the Russian Federation is collapsing, they don't need anyone, and are ready to nuclear bomb the planet to ashes.
  So which one is it? >
  
  This is so confusing to me. With all major brands fleeing the country, how can they justify their own continued success? How does the general population perceive that?