Right -- per capita is an average income, where Vladimir Putin and other oligarch billionaires are averaged in with factory workers and waitresses.
By contrast, median income is: half make more, half make less, and so it's not changed by how wealthy the wealthiest Russians are.
Remember, the original question was -- the cost of a dozen eggs, which in the US averages $3.65 and in Russia $1.40.
But, when we compare even Russia's nominal GDP per capita of $14,953 to the US $86,601, the US is 5.8 times more, which makes the US equivalent to Russia's $1.40 about $8.10 per dozen.
But GDP per capita is not the best measure -- median income certainly is, and by median income comparisons, Russia's $1.40 eggs would cost $17 in the US.
Nominal GDP per capita
The US ranks #6 after Luxembourg, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway and Singapore.
Russia ranks #65:
