The swing in much bigger in Russia. The graph is until 2011, now is heading down again.
A more important parameter is the GDP/capita:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
Russian Economic Development Minister Aleksei Ulyukayev on Monday called for revising the federal budget parameters in favour of education, healthcare and infrastructure.
http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/746490
Will Putin kick him out from the Government?
I’m totally agree that GDP per capita is more important and I also a strong believer in an idea that demand for freedom and a rule of law in any society is heavily related to a higher respective number. That is why I think that Western solution to the Ukrainian crisis which is to choke Russia economically is absolutely stupid and would only bring an opposite result.