January 11. Russia has become Europe’s first economy and the world’s fifth in terms of purchasing power parity, President Vladimir Putin said.
"It seems that we are being strangled and pressured from every side, but still, we are the largest economy in Europe. We left Germany behind and climbed to fifth in the world [in terms of GDP at purchasing power parity]: China, the US, India, Japan and Russia. We are number one in Europe," the president said at a meeting with entrepreneurs active in Russia’s Far East.
