The weakness of the Russian economy and its highly leveraged banks and corporations, in particular, which was masked in recent years by the windfall brought by spiking oil and gas prices, burst into full view as the global economy tumbled. Saddled with a rust-belt infrastructure, Russia further disqualifies itself with dysfunctional and revanchist politics and a demographic trend in near-terminal decline.
起于2008年的经济危机将四个中的一个打回原形。如果我们再仔细地一个一个分析金砖四国的经济数据，就会发现真相，正如老芝麻街游戏所说的那样：“他们之间各不相同。”