At least they don't have a 31.5 (and growing exponentially ) TRILLION DOLLARS government debt and a national debt of 94 TRILLION dollars.
in fact, the government debt of Russia is only 400 billion dollars.
The national debt in Russia was forecast to increase between 2023 and 2028 by in total 16.1 billion U.S.
www.statista.com
so just who is the economic basket case here
Comrade Stalin
Marxist-Leninist economic author