But most people don't realize this. In the old Soviet Union, when it collapsed in 1991, the population of the Soviet Union was 290 million. The United States was about 250. Today, The population of Russia is about 140 million. That's how much of it broke away. It's literally less than half the size of the old Soviet Union. The United States population is about 330 million. (18:36–18:39)
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Asserts that Russia's current population is about 140 million.
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