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First of all: for a significant portion of that period that "itself" involved a host of captive peoples and their resources that Russia simply doesn't have anymore. They're free...and some of them are in NATO which is doubly bad. Then there's the demographic issue of an aging population...
Second: post Cold War Russia was not behind some Iron Curtain. It traded with the West and its industries to help facilitate its own work. Sanctions weaken or cut this link and it's already been suggested that it has negatively affected their military capacity. Is it going to get better? (Arguably this issue goes back to the Felon, where sanctions and other problems mean we haven't really seen them in play in any significant number when you'd think Russia could use them the most)
Third: Russia has large stockpiles of weapons, but it has been using them in Ukraine. And there's the aforementioned 'sanctions" and "you don't control a large empire anymore" issues in terms of rebuilding said stockpile.
Yes, but the Ukrainians don't have to do their own manufacturing and have far more chances for international support and are fighting defensively.
Right, so you don't know what Russia's manufacturing capacity looks like ATM either. Speculation seems pointless.
The one thing that the international support does not provide (much) is soldiers -- if morale breaks on either side, this will be a problem. And it's not a uniquely Russian problem.
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