By some measures, Russia has a larger GDP than Germany
When Western Governments measure and report Russian GDP, a country they are at war with, in a sanctioned currency, it becomes an exercise in propaganda and bullish**
You can choose your opinions, but you cannot choose your facts.
Germany is well over DOUBLE as productive as Russia. It’s not close. That gap didn’t widen when Russia invaded Ukraine or when Russia invaded Crimea: it has been consistent over thirty years.