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That's exactly right. And if someone is going to protest Putin, may I suggest that they peruse the following graph: https://www.google.com/search?q=russia+per+c

That's exactly right. And if someone is going to protest Putin, may I suggest that they peruse the following graph: https://www.google.com/search?q=russia+per+capita+gdp+ppp&oq=russia+per+capita+&aqs=chrome.4.0j69i57j0l4.6467j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=russia+per+capita+gdp+ppp&oq.... That's Putin.

tobltobs 10y ago
No, that's the price of oil. Anyway, to use GDP as the prove for how good a president is, is nonsense anyway. Eg.: https://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=venezuela+per+capita+gdp+ppp&oq=venezuela+per+capita+gdp+ppp https://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=venezuela+per+capita+....
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- general_ai 10y ago
  Some of it is price of oil, sure. But if you're going to compare to Venezuela, you should be comparing PPP GDP, and not just GDP at exchange rate, which is kinda meaningless. Scroll down to "GDP at parity" here: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=venezuela+russia+per+capita+gdp+ppp+2000-2016 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=venezuela+russia+per+c.... As you can see, price of oil alone doesn't guarantee that the economy will get any better. And Russian economy did get dramatically better under Putin. I go back every 3-4 years, and the country is barely recognizable now compared to how things were 15 years ago. I could now actually imagine living and working there.
  - nl 10y ago
    https://www.google.com.au/search?q=poland+per+capita+gdp+ppp&oq=russia+per+capita+gdp https://www.google.com.au/search?q=poland+per+capita+gdp+ppp... Look at that. Russia and Poland are almost exactly the same. Czech Republic looks somewhat better, Romania somewhat worse but all are similar shape. I guess Putin is a pretty amazing president! Or maybe there is something else going on...
cromulent 10y ago
There's a lot of other countries that are not led by Putin with similar curves.

tobltobs 10y ago

No, that's the price of oil. Anyway, to use GDP as the prove for how good a president is, is nonsense anyway. Eg.: https://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=venezuela+per+capita+gdp+ppp&oq=venezuela+per+capita+gdp+ppp https://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=venezuela+per+capita+....

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general_ai 10y ago
Some of it is price of oil, sure. But if you're going to compare to Venezuela, you should be comparing PPP GDP, and not just GDP at exchange rate, which is kinda meaningless. Scroll down to "GDP at parity" here: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=venezuela+russia+per+capita+gdp+ppp+2000-2016 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=venezuela+russia+per+c.... As you can see, price of oil alone doesn't guarantee that the economy will get any better. And Russian economy did get dramatically better under Putin. I go back every 3-4 years, and the country is barely recognizable now compared to how things were 15 years ago. I could now actually imagine living and working there.
- nl 10y ago
  https://www.google.com.au/search?q=poland+per+capita+gdp+ppp&oq=russia+per+capita+gdp https://www.google.com.au/search?q=poland+per+capita+gdp+ppp... Look at that. Russia and Poland are almost exactly the same. Czech Republic looks somewhat better, Romania somewhat worse but all are similar shape. I guess Putin is a pretty amazing president! Or maybe there is something else going on...

cromulent 10y ago

There's a lot of other countries that are not led by Putin with similar curves.