Er ist Senior Research Fellow in der Europäischen "Denkfabrik" Centre for European Policy Studies.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Paul+De+Grauwe+russia&t=ffab&ia=web

Aus seinem Artikel von 2018:
Before answering that question, first some other figures that illustrate how an economic lightweight Russia is. ["A gas station masquerading as a country."]

The GDP of Russia is of the same order of magnitude as the combined GDP of Belgium and the Netherlands.

In 2017, Russian GDP was $1,469 billion (according to the IMF). Belgium had a GDP of $491 billion and the Netherlands $824 dollars; thus, together, $1,315 billion. In GDP terms, Russia is only 12% larger than Belgium plus the Netherlands.

In the same way, other countries can be compared with Russia. China is economically 8 times larger than Russia; Germany 2.5 times more, France 1.8 more, and the European Union as a whole is 12 times bigger than Russia.

The economic size of a country is one of the most important factors that determines its military and political importance in the world.

A large economy is needed to provide the means that gives the country military and political weight in the world.

So it is clear: Russia is boxing above its economic weight on the international scene.

https://cepr.org/voxeu/blogs-and-reviews/why-russia-politically-and-militarily-strong-w...