Basically, since the year 2000, they’ve gotten pretty good at these kind of planned crises
Apparently not. If they had, the crisis would have been avoided all together. They would have upgraded by now.
Having experience with actual Russians with actual Russian high-schooling and degrees, I can safely say their education system is far better than Western countries.
In all seriousness, is it the educational system or the culture? I think we would have much better teachers, educated adults and test scores if we emphasized studying the core sciences and applying hard work instead of filling our brains with entertainment garbage like twerking and honey boo boo.
Do they have that nonsense in Russia?
The flow chart is a most thoroughly oversold piece of program documentation. -- Frederick Brooks, "The Mythical Man Month"