there are two vertical axis. Russia's number is mapped to the le

This is done to emphasize the rate of change, and deemphasis the absolute values, which is caused by pre-1988 factors. 

Putting everything in one axis looks like this. You can't see Russia economy's fluctuation before 2000.

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• i see your point -WXC风起云涌 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/02/2013 postreply 19:24:30

• Here are two more graphs with absolute values -抓狂的伊小妮- ♀ (142 bytes) () 08/02/2013 postreply 19:29:39