Russia is not a power is a joke in the g-8. It's the black sheep. Their only power is the UNSC's veto.
If you feel we're a joke come on over and do something about it.
They are an resources exporter like Africa states.
They are a large exporter of natural resources and they are making alot of money from it. However, the IT market is rising rapidly. Russia also has the third largest reserve and one of the smallest debts for a developed country. The GDP has been quickly growing too, of course in the 2008 world economic crisis it took a dip like most countries but it has started to grow again.
The government system is joke. They can't manufacture anything but old soviet junks. So name a thing that is made in Russia?
Are you serious? Russia has created countless technologies/weapons since the Soviet Union calpsed, now prepare get red in the face. This is just
some not all things Russia has created.
Aircraft:
KA-51
pak-fa
Mig-35
SU-35BM
skat stealth drone
Mig-29K
Yak-130
Sukhoi Su-80
Sukhoi Superjet 100
KA-60
SU-34
Ships :
Steregushchy class corvettes,
Saarov class submarines
Sergey Gorshkov class frigates
Gepard class frigate
Ivan Gren class landing ship
Udaloy class destroyer
Sovremenny class destroyers
Neustrashimy class frigates
and more...
Submarines:
Oscar class submarine
Sierra class submarine
Victor class submarine
Akula class submarine
Kilo class submarine
Borei class submarine
lada class submarines
Yasen class submarines
and more...
Air defences:
S-400
S-300PMU-1
S-300PMU-2
S-300VM
Pantsir-S1
2K22M
Tor-M1-1
and more...
BMP's/tanks:
BTR-90
BTR-80A
T-90
Many more...
Then of course there is all sorts of electronics like new sonars, jet engines, jammers, PESA radar, AESA radar.
Countless new generation air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons.
They kidnap investors for ransom in Russia..To do business in Russia you need to pay the mafia. During the recession, Russia was the wost hit in the world. To tell me Russia is better off than China LOL...
Although i never stoop down as low as mocking another person's country i will say this, why don't you wory about kidnapping in the US, and while you're at it worry about crime since the US in#1 in this depatment. This is not a mockery but something for you to ponder before you make fun of Russia.