No where does the article mention that Russia is an oil and gas superpower.
The collapse of oil prices skews their GDP numbers big time.
They are having a real hard time, after oil prices, sanctions and currency collapse hit all at once. Oil prices have crept back up to $50, and are likely to creep up some more this year, and the worst seems to be over for the currency.
It is true that they are not ten feet tall, but this article seems to exaggerate. Pulau has a better university system? Please...
“Pulau has a better university system? Please”
Having lived in that part of the world and vacationed in Pulau as well, if there is a school system there it is a bunch of hippie dippie types ruining the place.