To date, the country number one in terms of influence is the United States; A country that makes the whole world speak of itself - North Korea. In this list, Russia "is not even close".

This opinion was expressed to the "Observer" by the Russian journalist Igor Yakovenko.

Answering the question whether Russia could be called a superpower, he remarked: "This term is a bit mythological". "The label of a superpower can be hung, for example, on the DPRK. This is a country that makes itself talk, a country that blackmails the whole world, a country that takes first place in the news because it constantly throws something metallic somewhere, and this metal explodes somewhere. Is not it a superpower? Today, we can say that the superpower is the "Islamic state". It also makes you talk about yourself, it also creates problems all around the perimeter ".

Yakovenko acknowledged: "From the point of view of military potential, one can label Russia with a label of a superpower". "But from the point of view of the economy - it is somewhere in the middle of the second ten of the world economy. If we talk about the standard of living, then here in general in the middle of the list of countries belonging to the UN, and somewhere at the very end of the list of European countries, "stated the journalist.

"There are no superpowers - there are countries that are different in terms of the level of influence. It is quite obvious that today the country is the number one in terms of the level of influence - this is the USA. According to the economy, it is quite obvious that the number two country in terms of influence level is China.

Russia is not even close to it, "he said..

"I would translate this conversation into another plane - into the real problems that exist in Russia. There are a lot of them. Therefore, here it is a bit ridiculous to hang yourself a label of superpower, "the journalist concluded..

As the "Observer" wrote, Federica Moherini said that Russia can not be called a superpower, first of all, given the state of the country's economy.

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