Russia's economy is considered to be among the least "free" in the world by Heritage Foundation

Russia’s economy is among the least free in the world, according to an index published on Thursday, RIA-Novosti reports.

Russia took 139th position out of 177 countries on the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom, published by the Heritage Foundation think tank and the Wall Street Journal.

The showing represented a slight improvement from 2012 for Russia, when it was ranked 144th. However, it failed to move from the "Mostly Unfree" category, which it shared with 58 other countries, including China (136th), Tajikistan (131st) and Senegal (116th).
Russia’s neighbors in the index were Guinea-Bissau (138th) and Vietnam (140th).