Russia - A military giant, an economic dwarf

[Deneb]

The Russian GDP per capita (nominal) is ridiculously low: 10000$, less than that of Costa Rica and Lebanon and equal to that of Turkey.

Now I understand why so many Russians want to emigrate to the United States.

[Nurzat]

wow, GDP per capita similar to Romania, and Romanians are shit poor...

[Kaspias]

wow, GDP per capita similar to Romania, and Romanians are shit poor...

Also Turkey

[Peterski]

Purchasing Power Parity is more relevant than nominal.

[Veles]

Now I understand why so many Russians want to emigrate to the United States.

Russian Jews are immigrating to the United States. Russian in the United States almost do not go

[ixulescu]

In the US, traveling Russian Jews. Russian in the United States almost do not go.

That's not true.
There was a massive migration from Russia and Ukraine to the US in the past 30 years, almost as big as the Indian migration.
They came for the same engineering/IT jobs as the Indians. I know lots of them.

[Mjolnir]

Russian Jews are immigrating to the United States. Russian in the United States almost do not go

Bingo!

Most don’t know this.


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[Veles]

That's not true.
There was a massive migration from Russia and Ukraine to the US in the past 30 years, almost as big as the Indian migration.
They came for the same engineering/IT jobs as the Indians. I know lots of them.

This was probably in the 1990s and early 2000s.

[Deneb]

Purchasing Power Parity is more relevant than nominal.

Only for those countries that improve their position in that other classification. I perfectly know how this works.

[Deneb]

According to Wikipedia: As of today, Russians make up the second highest migrant group from Europe (to the US), only behind the United Kingdom.