> "our aid is good, their aid is bad"
If you look at the GDP per capita, this is precisely the only logical conclusion. If GDP per capita is 3x larger in Sumskas than in Островец, two towns 10 km apart, one in Lithuania, another in Belarus, then the only explanation is the political and economic system.
From political point of view, Russia had its chance for 30 years to build a sustainable economy with its incredible oil and gas income.
And it failed.