Russia became the 4th largest economy in the world and overtook Japan

Interesting metric to rank economies by.

More interesting to me though is the former USSR satellite states with overwhelming support to lean west.

Belarus is the only vassal state that unequivocally cooperates with Russia Post USSR.

Curious that Poland who leans west has outperformed other peers.

a reply to: YouSir
Hello, my friend Yusir!

You are a happy person, you can lead a quiet, contemplative life, developing your philosophy and admiration of nature. This is wonderful. I'm used to leading an active lifestyle. For me, both professional successes and failures are drive. In addition, I gain a lot of new knowledge. There was a time when I did quiet, almost academic work, but that was not for me.
My financial well-being is not affected by Russia’s place in the world in various ratings. But I seriously feel the constantly increasing level of quality of life due to the growing availability and convenience of numerous services. In terms of the level and comfort of household services, Russia has long surpassed all countries in the world. Always, in order to make sure of this, I suggest that ATS members simply come to Russia and compare life here with life in other countries. This cannot be replaced by any ratings, especially since they all have varying degrees of objectivity.
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a reply to: RussianTroll
It does sure look like your economy isn't as stable and doing as well as you've claimed??
www.telegraph.co.uk...

Putin set to increase taxes to pay for war in Ukraine.
Russian president will ditch flat-rate tax regime for a tiered system to raise £26 billion per year for his war machine

Vladimir Putin plans to impose the largest tax rises on Russians since the 1990s to help pay for his war in Ukraine.

He will ditch his once-feted flat-rate tax regime for a “progressive” tiered system to raise an extra £26 billion per year for his war machine.

Russia’s finance ministry submitted the new tax regime proposals to parliament this week, claiming they would “ensure stability” and “fairness” but analysts said they were a simple raid on earners.

Putin has forced the Russian economy to bend to his war by increasing spending on his military to 7 per cent of Russia’s GDP, a third of all government spending, as he cuts cash for social projects.