[fireman15]

Strange! Russian National debt was $271 Billion in October. That is a decrease of approximately $60 Billion in the last year, a decrease of approximately 20%. Our own National Debt went up around $2 Trillion in the same time period.

https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/russia/national-government-debt#:~:text=Key%20information%20about%20Russia%20National,bn%20in%20the%20previous%20month.

[Vermont Lt]

That’s because there is no international trade. It has nothing to do with fiscal prowess.