Inside Putin's Failed Tech: Why Russia Can’t Build Anything Anymore

Russia once built Sputnik. Now it strips washing machines for chips. Here is what went wrong. 👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia:    • What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia   When you see rockets on TV and “miracle” Russian robots on parade, it’s easy to think the old Soviet tech power is still alive. In this video, I peel back the facade and show how Putin’s Russia hollowed out its own science: from once self-sufficient industries to an import-addicted petrostate, from vanishing Soviet engineers to a massive brain drain, from corrupt defense “wonder weapons” to fake microchips and stunt robots. If you want to understand why a country that launched the first satellite now scavenges parts from fridges and washing machines, and what that means for the future of Russian power, this deep dive is for you. Video Chapters: 00:00 Inside Putin's Failed Tech: Why Russia Can’t Build Anything Anymore 02:44 From Self-Reliance to Imports 06:22 The Vanishing Engineers 09:39 The Brain Drain 13:27 Defense as a Feeding Trough 16:58 Academia: Loyalist Takeover 20:50 The Microchip Case 24:53 Is It Beyond Repair? JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY 👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-n... 👉  / baryelvira   👉  / elvira.bary   MY HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK SERIES ➡️ Russian Treasures (a historical novel about the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War) https://amzn.to/43PutaM ➡️ The White Ghosts' Empire (a historical novel about the Russian refugees who destroyed the myth of white supremacy in China in the 1920s) https://amzn.to/4owy45Z ➡️ The Prince of the Soviets (a historical novel about a foreign journalist who unexpectedly becomes part of the Soviet elite in Stalin’s Moscow) https://amzn.to/47OXZyM MY ADVENTURE / FANTASY THRILLER ➡️ The Girl from the Labyrinth (a dark fantasy novel about a young queen, cast from her throne, who must save the man she loves after he’s accused of her murder) https://amzn.to/49FWjdd RELATED VIDEOS: ➡️ Inside the MIND of Russians: What They REALLY Think About the West:    • Inside the MIND of Russians: What They REA...   ➡️War in Ukraine: What Russia's Elite Really Want:    • War in Ukraine: What Russia's Elite Really...   ➡️How Long Can Putin’s War Economy Survive?    • How Long Can Putin’s War Economy Survive?   👉Join Elvira's Think Tank for special access:    / @elvirabary   or 👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary or 👉Donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... #Russia #RussianTech #Putin #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar #SovietUnion #ColdWarHistory #TechCollapse #BrainDrain #Engineering #Science #STEM #Corruption #Kleptocracy #Authoritarianism #Geopolitics #GlobalPolitics #History #ModernHistory #EasternEurope #PostSoviet #WarInUkraine #Sanctions #OilAndGas #MilitaryIndustry #ArmsTrade #SpaceProgram #Buran #Soyuz #Microchips #Semiconductors #Drones #Disinformation #Propaganda #Economy #Decline #Oligarchs #ElviraBary #YouTubePolitics #PoliticalAnalysis #Education #Universities #BrainDrainRussia #TechInnovation #FutureOfRussia #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #ThinkTank #BookWriting #TheSnowQueensSpring