Thanks for the link http://voprosik.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/12.png that shows the growth of the economy since 1999 to 2011.
You should at the same time look on the oil price during that period. Check my “about page”. Every time when the oil price is low Russia is reforming and when it is high Russia is wasting its money. Next year it looks as if the oil price will go down well below 100, and this will have consequences. As Putin is slashing the pensions and the health budget for the military it will be domestic problems.
I feel sorry for the ordinary Russians.
If you would check the graphics you would see other oil-exporting countries.
All are positively affected by oil prices, but for some strange reason Russia performs much better.
