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-Too late, isn¥t it? Wasn¥t the strategic partership with US that put Russia -in this dangerous situation? --- I really don't think the Kremlin views the US as much of a threat in Central Asia. ---
And the Russia budget is only 5% of US one (on -the other hand, it could be more if you use PPP values, which are useful in -this case since Russia produces essentially all of her weapons)
Alexandre Fenelon
--- You should. If you factor in PPP, Russian GDP jumps like 1000%. Russia has one of the largest industrial outputs in the world, in fact.