Sure...

 ... but have you seen Russian real estate lately? 

The World Bank’s annual national income rankings, released on Monday, showed that Russia has advanced from “upper middle” to “high” category on the strength of its economic growth. The bank measures gross national income (GNI) based on a method dating back to 1989, and updates its classifications every July 1, based on the previous calendar year’s GNI per capita. The income is measured in the equivalent of US dollars. “Economic activity in Russia was influenced by a large increase in military related activity in 2023, while growth was also boosted by a rebound in trade (+6.8%), the financial sector (+8.7%), and construction (+6.6%),” said a post on the World Bank blog.

First, keep in mind who those children who keep World Bank's blog are. Second, the US still keeps the edge due to accumulation and retaining its infrastructure from Ike's time--this was an immense investment. But it slowly changes, albeit US infrastructure is still, for now, is not too bad. But then... If you have $100 grand... 

This is relatively near Moscow, mind you... Relatively. If you ask me--I can tolerate Moscow for about 10 days, same goes for St.Petersburg. After that I begin to miss my... Pacific Northwest, ocean, mountains, country fried steak (well, that's important too, you know) and the breeze...