> scarce resources

What now??? Russia is one of the most resource-rich countries on the planet! They are just very inefficient in doing anything with it. The country and all its people should all be among the wealthiest on the planet.

The impression of Russia as a resource-rich nation didn’t really take shape until after World War II. The widespread use of oil and natural gas only spans about a century, which hasn’t been enough time to fundamentally alter the literary essence of Russia.

And USSR is really not good at produce normal goods…

Maybe, but Russia's main problem is its climate. The coldest permanent settlement in the world is in Russia.

> The country and all its people should all be among the wealthiest on the planet.

...because natural resources make a country wealthy? It hasn't worked anywhere else.