Military strength is harder to gauge, but I am of the opinion that following a war, participants that have not been attacked always come out stronger militarily than they went in.
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Talking about the GDP . . .
I am reminded of a power company I once owned some of . . . I took a dividend cut, then a dividend end. And looking at the EPS and the P/E ratio being reported I just couldn't see why the dividend cuts . . . . And then I learned that the earnings and P/E ratios being reported were LYING ANAL-ists projections.
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http://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/RUS/russia/gdp-gross-domestic-product
Russia gdp for 2023 was $2,021.42B, a 10.79% decline from 2022.
Russia gdp for 2022 was $2,266.03B, a 22.93% increase from 2021.
Russia gdp for 2021 was $1,843.39B, a 23.46% increase from 2020.
Russia gdp for 2020 was $1,493.08B, a 11.81% decline from 2019.
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I don't know how accurate these figures are . . . But the invasion was in 2022 and a year later GDP was down some 10%. And it would not surprise me at all to 'hear' that Russia bought favorable GDP statistics.
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Russian losses hit two grim milestone ahead of Ukraine war anniversary
Feb 10, 2025
Russia has lost 850,000 troops and over 10,000 tanks, according to Ukraine's military, providing a staggering estimate of the toll nearly three years of grinding war has taken on the Russian military.
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As I keep trying to point out, Russia has lost most of its 'front line' tanks. And has been reduced to pulling old cold war tanks out of mothballs, refurbishing them, and sending them to Ukraine to get blasted.
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February 13, 2024
Russia refits old tanks after losing 3,000 in Ukraine - research centre
http://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-relying-old-stocks-after-losing-3000-tanks-ukraine-leading-military-2024-02-13/
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Zim.
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