are you sure about Russia???
russia have natural resources,europe is number one user of russia natural resources!
you sure you have facts right here``?
So?
Does that change the fact that it's a failed state?
You want facts, let's have facts
GDP per capita 11,162, on par with the poorest of the EU, Romania 12,482 and Bulgaria 9,518, 6 times lower than the US at 65,111
Life expectancy, 72.4, same as Bangladesh at 72.3 or Suriname 71.6, far below the European Union average at 81.2
Crime?
Homicide rate of 8.21, like Gabon at 8.04 or Ethiopia at 7.56, almost double the US average at 4.96, and not even comparing it to Germany at 0.95 or Italy at 0.57
What more facts you want?
You can have all the natural resources you want, it's still a failed state on par for its citizens. Japan has none Brazil has tons of it, which would you chose?
Russia has only oil and nuclear weapons, that's the harsh reality, that's why millions have fled from it for a better life.