In the first 4 months of this year, more than treble the oil/gas income for the same period of 2021. It's central bank continues dropping interest rate, meaning inflation in Russia is under control. Russia just announced to increase all Russians' pension by 10%. Will U.S. increase social security by 10% ? No chance.
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/02/russia-economic-war-ukraine-food-fuel-price-vladimir-putin