[richrichie]

Nope. These were voted in by one party to the war. Rest of the world has actually been busy doing business with Russia. In fact, FT and Economist report that Russian economy grew faster than most European economies.

[dlp211]

Russia is in a war economy. GDP = Government Spending + ....

[richrichie]

So is NATO.

As an aside, even in peace times, US Federal government employs 12 million people.