What happened to chess in Russia?

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Artem_Georgiev

All rising juniors Russia have are 2500s (Zemlyanskii, Grebnev, Lobanov, Nesterov, Vetokhin, Shogdzhiev,etc.) Only rising Russian junior who is 2600 is Volodar Murzin, and he can't even win a single game in the Capblanca Memorial 2025. What happened to rising Russian juniors?