Ive kept abreast of world economics for decades.
Then you're aware that the US GDP is about 15 times bigger than Russia's, right?
You do realize the US GDP is a bunch of nonsense, right? Consisting of 300 million spenders who make squat and have an average income of 5 times that of a Russian, yet Russia is the leading WORLD exporter Nat Gas and Wheat let alone
"The nation is a leading producer of coal, diamonds, aluminum, asbestos, gemstones, diamonds, lime, lead, gypsum, iron ore, bauxite, gallium, boron, mica, natural gas, potash, platinum, oil, rare earth metals, pig iron, peat, nitrogen, cadmium, arsenic, magnesium, molybdenum, phosphate, sulfur, titanium sponge, silicon, uranium, tellurium, vanadium, tungsten, cobalt, graphite, silver, vermiculite, selenium, rhenium, copper, and gold."
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-major-natural-resources-of-russia.htmlI would say they kick our ass pound for pound but most americans a soo fricken obese, they win any pound for pound !