> Its a declining regional power It's a declining global power, but a rising regional power. It's nowhere what it was in the soviet days, but it certainly has

> Its a declining regional power It's a declining global power, but a rising regional power. It's nowhere what it was in the soviet days, but it certainly has been growing since the post 90s collapse. > with a GDP the size of Texas [1,2] That's only on a nominal basis, but on a PPP basis, they are the 6th largest economy in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)