By DemocracyRules
h/t Kommersant.ru
“Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Russia and the United States had more trust and respect for one another during the Cold War than now. He made that 'paradoxical' observation at 'Russia: 21st Century' conference. Lavrov expressed satisfaction that 'voices in favor of the maintenance and development of the process of disarmament and real arms control' were coming to the fore in the U.S. presidential campaign. 'Such cooperation alone would be enough to guarantee the stability of our bilateral relations until there is mutual readiness to modernize them substantially,' he said.”
My comments:
There are serious problems with the New Cold War idea, which keeps coming up in the Russian media. Here are the main World economies ranked by size and corrected for purchasing power parity (2007 est):
1 World $ 65,610,000,000,000
2 Eur, Un. $ 14,380,000,000,000
3 USA $ 13,840,000,000,000
4 China $ 6,991,000,000,000
5 Japan $ 4,290,000,000,000
6 India $ 2,989,000,000,000
7 Germany $ 2,810,000,000,000
8 U.K. $ 2,137,000,000,000
9 Russia $ 2,088,000,000,000
10 France $ 2,047,000,000,000
11 Brazil $ 1,836,000,000,000
12 Italy $ 1,786,000,000,000
13 Spain $ 1,352,000,000,000
14 Mexico $ 1,346,000,000,000
15 Canada $ 1,266,000,000,000
Conclusion: Russia has a very small economy compared to the major Allied Democracies. If the cold war re-started, it would not be Russia versus the USA, it would be Russia versus the Allied Democracies. The USA alone has twice the population of Russia, and the US economy is 7 times larger than Russia’s economy.
The Russian economy compared to the major Allied Democracies, including the USA, the EU, Japan, and Canada: Russia $2 trillion compared to the main Allied Democracies, $34 trillion.
Russia, please be our friends, we do not wish to fight with you!
Pro Patria
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