Donāt look in a mirror then
You canāt back up what you said and canāt disprove the reality(unsurprising).
Hereās some info your trusted bbc again failed to report.
US sanctions have failed
Russia and China winning the new arms race
Russiaās GDP (PPP) expected to grow 4% and hit 4.2 trillion (IMF)
Russia worldās sixth largest economy, on par with Germany
Oil and gas share of GDP, less than 10%
Russiaās government and household debt lowest in the world
Russiaās total score on all macroeconomic indicators the best in the world
Russia undisputed leader in military technology
Pivot to Asia gives Russia record trade balance as exports soar and imports stall
CB reserves soar as Russia drops the USD and relies on gold
State budget records solid surplus
Industrial production growing and churning out new innovative products
Massive investment in industry and infrastructure
Which has led some to this conclusion.
Russia ā the Worldās Most Self-Sufficient and Diversified Economy
Iāll finish whilst youāre looking that up with Russia is a commodity based economy closer to Australia say than emerging ones using low wage workers like India and China.
Its threat is prices and theyāre volatility, why are they in the Middle East againā¦
Warm water port, in Crimeaā¦
The figures include PPP(purchasing power parity) adjustments. Is this misleading, or valid? Had a quick look at the IMF and they seem to include them in some things, but not others.
If we take the 1.5% that would be the same as UK growth, so even then, not bad given the sanctions that in Obamas words, would leave their economy in tatters.
This is the āfront pageā of Russia Today, there is not much happening in Russia is there, this is laughable and you compare all western mainstream media to this?