[adorno]

Apparently circa 245 billion in USD equivalence.

For a tiny and third-world economy, that's a huge number.

But, who in Russia puts out a credible number? Tyrannical regimes are not known for reporting the truth. Do you know the real truth?

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Do you know the real truth?"

Your reply as it is was expected. That question applies equally to us all. It's not a case of apples and oranges, but of what the future will bring. Time will tell, and in the moment, this nation's official national debt is rising a trillion every few months, so "real truth" is that "we're screwed," as said in a more colorful phrase.

Christina Romer lets loose on credit downgrade: We're ‘pretty darn f—ed’ 6 August 2011

And... Obama's $16 Trillion Debt: A National Security Threat From 2012 - plenty of quotes when the debt was about 1/3 of what it is today.

Today? $34,558,934,215,027.