While the GAE debt and deficit spends its way to the moon, heavily-sanctioned (and thus, blessed) Russian economy is booming.

Surging oil and gas revenues will allow Russia to add to its sovereign wealth fund despite Western sanctions, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov announced on Monday.

The National Wealth Fund (NWF), which accumulates revenue from energy exports, was created to support the national pension system and to help cover budget deficits when needed.

The latest figures showed that revenues from oil and gas sales grew 5.3% year-on-year in July and amounted to $8.66 billion. The largest intake was from gas exports, while earnings from oil sales rose by 2.6%. According to estimates, July was the first time this year that Russia’s revenues from energy exports rose in year-on-year terms.

Given the extreme idiocy and lack of awareness displayed by the rulers of Clown World, one wonders if they aren’t really Russian double agents.