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It would help if Russia and British India partitioned Afghanistan between the two of them, Yes. Though travelling through Mexico does not appear to be a significant hurdle for Central Americans. And Yes, that sounds about right. What about Muslim South Asians?

East Asians I would presume would mostly settle in the Russian Far East. Here, nobody will deport them to Central Asia, most likely. Hazara migration to Russia is possible, as is Uyghur migration to Russia, but the reason that I invoked South Asia here is because South Asia's population is...

I think that 500-550 million is more realistic here unless we're talking about a developed Russia that sees a lot of immigration, in which case 600 million is possible. I previously speculated about having a lot of South Asians settle in a Central Asia that a developed Russia permanently keeps.

GDP isn't the only metric/measure to use here. Look at page 281 here: http://joseluisoreiro.com.br/site/link/799ef34b72637c0aa997dd5fdab926acc4d86cc5.pdf The Soviet Union's per capita industrial output increased 3.65-fold between 1928 and 1953.

I thought that Stalin was the Butcher of Katyn?

This could eventually provide political support for Zionism if the US will still eventually largely close its doors to them.

Do you really believe that Hitler outgrew his beliefs in Mein Kampf and his Second Book that Germany's 1914 borders were inadquate for it? Granted, Austria and the Sudetenland are more than Germany's 1914 borders, but still, ... I know that you're skeptical of Hitler's 1920s writings and focus...

So, the Nazis would simply seek their desired Lebensraum in Poland, et cetera instead? With them aggressively pressuring Poles and Czechs to emigrate en masse in order to make extra room for German settlers?

Were Russian oligarchs really Western puppets as opposed to them simply aiming to enrich themselves, though? If so, then Russia would be seriously fucked over if the Nazis still seize power in Germany in this TL and eventually still launch Operation Barbarossa.

Then why would the West be so eager to get access to Russia's natural resources when they don't have a shortage of their own?

Wouldn't selling raw materials to the West have provided Russia with a lot of Western money, though?

They'd also have an easier time getting allies, though the Poles might still be suspicious of them, especially if the Poles will still have territories that the Russians are going to covet for themselves.

If Russia would not have descended into warlordism, then Yes, very possibly. White Russia would not have benefitted from rapid 1930s-style industrialization, but this would have been at least somewhat compensated by the lack of War Communism...