The Gross Domestic Product of the Russian Federation is $ 1.86 trillion. Italy is $ 2.14 trillion. The USA is $ 17.42 trillion.
“I’m not sure how much Putin will be able to spend on his world awakening.”
Yeh Putey is pretty deep into his egg money in the Ukraine misadventure. But hey I’m with Trump let him help fight ISIS and the Syrian rebels. If Assad gets overthrown we are talking the usual; mullahs and sharia law. I vote to keep Assad.
If Putin goes bankrupt fighting in Syria then hey its all good. :-)