Russia's economy is weak on paper for the same reason red states have smaller numbers than coastal blue states: you can make the money number a lot higher by doing financial tricks and emailing spreadsheets than you can by actually producing tangible physical products.
Russia's economy is weak on paper for the same reason red states have smaller numbers than coastal blue states: you can make the money number a lot higher by doing financial tricks and emailing spreadsheets than you can by actually producing tangible physical products.