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On the other hand, if you add up the national GDP of Sweden+Norway+Denmark+Finland you get about 538+398+324+251 = 1.511 trillion dollars, similar to that of Ru
by yongjik 7y ago
On the other hand, if you add up the national GDP of Sweden+Norway+Denmark+Finland you get about 538+398+324+251 = 1.511 trillion dollars, similar to that of Russia (1.578) as of 2017.
So, just these four nations have combined economic power to match Russia: Russia can't afford a sustained war, though it may afford a quick act of aggression (a la Crimea) followed by everyone pointing fingers at everyone else. But it's a risky game because it will push their economy even further behind.
- m0zg 7y agoThere was no "aggression" in Crimea. Not a single shot was fired. And Russia did in the past "afford" several sustained wars of the scale unimaginable in this day and age. It was much weaker then that it is today, and fought much stronger adversaries (Napoleon and Hitler, to name just a few).
- kriberg 7y agoThere's also the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund currently evaluated at 1.1 trillion dollars. The fund holds stocks, property and other assets all around the world.