I always preferred the Veil of Madness theory, where we're in the middle of a space anomaly which drives all sophonts violently insane, and we're the only species which has ever formed a functional(-ish) civilization within that zone.
He could never have guessed the day nor the hour, but the Russian government knew this was coming eventually. They were moving manufacturing and agriculture back to domestic production for years before this.
I always preferred the Veil of Madness theory, where we're in the middle of a space anomaly which drives all sophonts violently insane, and we're the only species which has ever formed a functional(-ish) civilization within that zone.