Stalinisation? what do you mean the economist?<p>More like the Russianisation of Russia<p>They just don't want to join the western block lead by the USA and its USD, they don't want to loose their sovereignty<p>They are being Stalinisationed by the west yes, is that what they want? i don't think so, since they wanted to form an EU/ASIA alliance instead<p>It reminds me of what happened in the Middle East, different story and actors, but same western propaganda<p>Musk with its state contracts is a successful "billionaire"<p>Random billionaire from russia is an "oligarch"