> Russia is pretty close to the US

> I don’t talk about Russia because I know very little about it.

Except to tell lies, apparently.

On what basis is your source better than mine?

If you look at the data source I linked to , prison studies. It’s the same source as Wikipedia and the BBC. But the claim you made was “it’s not even close” when you look at Wikipedia and the source, that isn’t true at all.

I copy pasted from wikipedia.