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Large population of potential laborers, little in the way of worker protections and politically stable enough that companies don't fear their investments will be destroyed or nationalized? I'd absolutely argue they could repeat China's stratagy of becoming a manufacturing superpower.

They still have oil and are acquiring formerly ukrainian wheat. Those are valuable products.

Why would they hurry when during the fighting, their enemies are inflicting massive damage upon themselves? The benefits to Russia of simply bombing all resistance flat in a week and declaring Ukraine officially conquered are lesser than the benefits of dragging the war out as much as possible...