普京在《千年之交的俄罗斯》(一九九九年十二月三十日)中称,俄国已经不属于当代发达国家,二十世纪九十年代俄罗斯国内生产总值下降近50%,仅为美国的十分之一、中国的五分之一,居民实际货币收入和生活水平严重下降,一九九八年金融危机后人均GDP只有三千五百美元——“七大国”的 Putin said in “Russia at the Turn of the millennium” (December 30, 1999) that Russia is no longer a modern developed country. In the 1990s, Russia’s GDP dropped nearly 50%, only One tenth of the United States and one fifth of China’s residents have suffered a serious drop in their real money income and standard of living. Per capita GDP after the financial crisis in 1998 was only 3,500 U.S. dollars - the “Seven Power”