The newly released information revealed that Russia is now the largest economy in Europe and also the world's fifth for the very first time since Soviet times. In doing so, it overtook Germany, and is now behind China, the US, India and Japan, standing at a staggering $5.51 trillion.
The source is some random site that adds more than a trillion to the usual estimate because of the “informal economy”. So they claim Russia has a trillion dollar corruption/black market lol.
I understand critical support for Russia, but all this uncritical support with zero critical thinking is lame.
Russia is a fascist reactionary dictatorship. Just because they oppose the US doesn’t mean everything else they do is good as well.
Russian now spends a whole 40% of state expenditure on security and the armed forces. That’s not a good sign for them.
The source is some random site that adds more than a trillion to the usual estimate because of the “informal economy”. So they claim Russia has a trillion dollar corruption/black market lol.
I understand critical support for Russia, but all this uncritical support with zero critical thinking is lame.
Russia is a fascist reactionary dictatorship. Just because they oppose the US doesn’t mean everything else they do is good as well.
Russian now spends a whole 40% of state expenditure on security and the armed forces. That’s not a good sign for them.
how?
yes, unfortunately
every country is a dictatorship of one class over the others