Very Good Summary.

Alexander uses a good term--liberating. Spot on. 

This is exactly what Putin said today to the congress of young scientists. 

«Наши так называемые – во всяком случае мы их так называли – партнеры думали, что подсадили нас на такую технологическую иглу и мы никогда с нее не слезем. А благодаря усилиям таких людей, как вы, ваши коллеги, оказалось, что это возможно. И не просто возможно, а происходит довольно быстро»

Translation:  “Our so-called – at least that’s what we called them – partners thought that they had hooked us on such a technological needle and we would never get off it. And thanks to the efforts of people like you, your colleagues, it turned out that this is possible. And not only is it possible, but it happens quite quickly.”

Difficult to add anything to it.