Russia

Analysis

Russia’s overall score declined by 0.4 points in 2024, one of only three countries to record a decline. It slipped down the rankings to 6th place, overtaken by Australia.

Russia increased its score for military capability, mobilising a war economy in support of its war on Ukraine. However, its rankings for five other measures declined: economic capability, resilience, economic relationships, defence networks, and cultural influence.

Despite a significant decline, resilience remains Russia’s strongest measure, where it places 3rd, reflecting the country’s relative resource security and well-established nuclear deterrence capability. Its weakest measure is economic relationships, where it places 19th.

Russia had already declined by four rankings for diplomatic influence in Asia Power Index 2023, but again lost two places for this measure in 2024 as the Ukraine war continued to sap its attention and focus.

Moscow exerts less influence in the region than expected given its available resources, as indicated by the country’s negative power gap score, which has deteriorated over the past year. Among other reasons, this points to Russia’s influence being limited by its position on the geographic periphery of Asia.

Read more analysis in the Key Findings report. Explore further results in the Scores section.