KW:Amongst friends in discussion about Russia nearly all say the same thing, that Russia can’t afford a prolonged war in the middle east. This is a commonly held beleif that compared to the U.S. Russia is financial basket case. This report says something completely different. Putin doesn’t want war, that is a fact, but the Russian economy is doing alright and these figures explain why Putin was re-elected by massive majority, it would seem most people are better off despite crippling sanctions by the global dictators in America. The new Crimean Bridge a 19-km long bridge connecting Crimea to Krasnodar Region finished six months ahead of schedule and is so upsetting to the U.S. that Washington Examiner correspondent Tom Rogan encouraged Ukraine to bomb Putins Bridge. “The bridge cost Russia’s near-bankrupt government billions of dollars, but it offers Putin a formal physical and psychological appropriation of Ukrainian territory.” The American hatred  of russia continues

Vladimir Putin was first elected as Russian President in 2000. Here’s how the Russian economy has transformed in the intervening years by numbers.

Source: Russian economy under Putin: Quality of life tripled, foreign debt fell 75% — RT Business News