I am so positively surprised at the amount of ideas for how to make Russia a better country.
It's just the lessons of ww2. A hungry man in a state of starvation, humiliated and without many options is ready to perform despicle things, crime and more open for extreme actions.
By having most or all populations globally fed, clothed and respected. Would potentially reduce the risks of wars, conflicts and increase possibility of peace, trade, manufacturing and stability.
Why do you think western nations are/were so enthusiastic about opening trade? Donations? Charity? Diplomacy? Investments? It wasn't ONLY about influence or as counter measures against the Soviet Union during Cold War. It was seen as pre-emptive defence to lessen the risks of another bloody world war.
My proposal for Russian grand idea:
Art/science focus in close co-operation with Slavic states and Slavic friendly states.
Host and organise non-governmental council with members/representatives from all Slavic states. (Preferably after had been through a IQ test and answering a degree of affiliation towards Russia as a whole).
This council could/would then focus on projects for future Russia to be depicted in films, pictures, paintings, games etc.
Example: Grand Wall of Russia (with a Slavic project of building a massive wall along the entire southern Russian border to rival and surpass maginot line and the Great Wall of China.
Example nr 2: Trans-Siberian Hyper Railway
(A gigantic railroad system from Vladivostok to Smolensk able to send 20 hyper fast modern trains side by side at the same time. Being able to send massive amounts of cargo from Asia to Europe at a low cost and impossible to compete with)
Example 3: Modern settlements, based on flying cars (type Jetson One), AI controlled public transportation and AI labour services within restaurants, AI entrence greeters and more