It seems like GDP has always been a favorite toy in politicians and economists’ hands. It seems that it is fairly simple to sum up all the material goods produced in a certain country and we will get global leaders in terms of GDP – EU (16,092 trillion dollars – the data provided by the IMF in 2012), the USA (15,684 trillion dollars), China (12,405 trillion dollars) , India (4,684 trillion dollars) and Japan (4,627 trillion dollars). These are the countries that produce most of the good consumed around the globe.
The share of the secret spending part of Russia’s budget keeps increasing. Apparently, international media sources cannot but ignore this fact and are glad to speculate on it! In particular, Voice of America’s Russian service claims that the aggregate sum of the Russian budget that will be spent on some secret projects over the next 3 years will reach RUR9,68 trillion!