[BobL]

“Russia is still a backwards country with a third-world economy”

The IMF and the World Bank don’t agree with you, so link please.

[adorno]

The IMG is like the WHO, who can't put information in context to reality.

Russia as about equivalent to Canada and Italy in economies. But, Russia has about 150 million people to support, which means that, when it come4s to economic strength per population, it's no better than a third-world economy. And with the current war, it's likely below a third-world economy, since about half their output is being used for their war machine.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/the-top-10-economies-in-the-world

[353FMG]

Russia adheres to the principle of Drill baby drill while the US has muzzled its mighty energy industry. If Russia is a 3rd world nation, what does it make the US?