What do you mean “repressed”? Soviet states industrialized because of the USSR and its heavy focus on rapid industrialization.
The current extraction of raw materials from post-Soviet states is because of the forced privatization and de-industrialization under capitalism. Which included Russia until very recently; they’ve started nationalizing some of these industries again, though now under capitalist rule and primarily for their benefit.
What do you mean “repressed”? Soviet states industrialized because of the USSR and its heavy focus on rapid industrialization.
The current extraction of raw materials from post-Soviet states is because of the forced privatization and de-industrialization under capitalism. Which included Russia until very recently; they’ve started nationalizing some of these industries again, though now under capitalist rule and primarily for their benefit.