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> It all already happened in ... Georgia

Hm, let's see

Russia: https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/gdp

Georgia: https://tradingeconomics.com/georgia/gdp

What it should prove? Where exactly should I look?

Well, it's kind of obvious, that Georgia is poverty-stricken country. It's possible to visit Georgia for anyone. Millions of tourists from Russia visits Georgia every year. We can see that there's extreme poverty in Georgia everywhere. Unemployment, energy shortage, lack of future perspectives. These problems will get only worse due to COVID-19 and global energy crisis (Georgia doesn't possess significant fossil fuels deposits, it has to import everything from abroad).

You can simply click Compare, then pick the other country.

> Unemployment, energy shortage, lack of future perspectives.

Have you been in Russia outside of >500k cities? Even Tver, one of the oldest and most famous, is going precisely nowhere.

Yes, I've traveled almost everywhere in Russia, and some regions are poor. But even poorest of Russian regions are richer than Georgia. And this discrepancy will increase, not in favor of Georgia.

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