Economy of Russia. Well there is one superfluous word in this collocation. Either it is Russia or it's economy. You won't understand economical situation in Russia unless you try to live here. So as a russian citizen I can say that word 'rising' can't be applied to Russian totally dependent on oil price economy.

Quote from: innocentbee on August 11, 2016, 06:27:16 AM

Quote from: Taki on August 10, 2016, 11:41:23 PM

I really hope that Russia will reach that status of 5th biggest economy in the world. Maybe then dollar and euro will stop to cost so much for us. And not only that. Many things changed when Putin became president. I think it is the brightest moment in our history. Of course many of people do not like his politic, but as well I know some foreigners who would like to see Putin as president of their countries.

yes i want a person like him for my country to....... a great leader and strategist..........

lmao. so according to you great leader and strategist is someone who robs his own country and doesn't give a single f*** about ordinary people right? people should base their conclusions on the results of internal policy of Putin and I can say there is not much to be proud of. All today's russian "wealth" was gained with undeniable help of ridiculously high oil prices. The biggest proof of this statement can be found in graphs of russian gdp and crude oil price. I bet you won't distinguish these 2 graphs.

oh and btw average russian pension is somewhere near 100$