It's useful to compare Russia with other countries. Russia pop 145 million. GDP 2.24 Trillion. Brazil, pop 205 million, GDP 1.92 Trillion. Brazil isn't anyon

It's useful to compare Russia with other countries. Russia pop 145 million. GDP 2.24 Trillion. Brazil, pop 205 million, GDP 1.92 Trillion. Brazil isn't anyone's idea of a super power. Difference is Russia has or had a lot of Soviet cold war era weapons and weapons manufacturing. With the emphasis on the increasingly had. So yes you are right. And I agree about the wife beater logic.