By what measures?
By a plethora of measures.
Do you think that the Russian leadership is going to turn their country into an energy importer from an energy exporter?
Do you think Bill Gates is buying up their farm land?
Do you think they are fighting over critical race theory and affirmative action?
Do you think that they are letting their youth be indoctrinated into bizarre transgender and homosexual life styles?
Whose total national debt is $20 Billion and whose is over $20 Trillion not counting unfunded liabilities?
We could go on and on couldn't we? If we don't turn our country around we are all screwed.
Russia is known for incompetent and corrupt leadership with fake elections. That is the direction we are currently headed