US is "so much richer" than Russia. China is "so much richer" than Russia. France is not "so much richer" than Russia. You chop 40% of France's GDP and that's

US is "so much richer" than Russia. China is "so much richer" than Russia. France is not "so much richer" than Russia. You chop 40% of France's GDP and that's the GDP of Russia. Sure that's bigger but then Russia has 2x the amount of people and... 30x the country size. 30x. I have absolutely zero doubts that Russia is going to overtake France's GDP in a not so distant future. Since losing the Waterloo battle France went from world's 1st superpower (debatable) to 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th (in the eighties and maybe still in the nineties?), then 6th and now 7th. And the path seems pretty clear to me. (I'm not russian btw and I don't approve what Russia is doing here but I know how "cocorico" french people can be and I wouldn't want others to be mislead so I simply present facts: chop 40% of France's GDP and you've got Russia's GDP. Russia has 2x the population and 30x the land of France)