Sorry, I meant to include with the first link:
Russia is the top exporter of Raw Aluminium, Semi-Finished Iron, Nitrogenous Fertilizers, Sawn Wood, Mixed Mineral or Chemical Fertilizers, Copper Wire, Raw Nickel, Rough Wood, Precious Metal Compounds, and Pig Iron.
those seem to be all natural resources, other than the small amount of working to generate fertilizers, copper wire and pig iron.
Russia is totally dependent upon its resources, so someone must purchase them in order for it to remain solvent.
There is not middle class, or software companies, or elite manufacturing centers like the USA or Europe or Asia(except middle class) have.
Exporting raw aluminum is in a sense the export of energy, since aluminum is one of the most abundant elements in Earth’s crust, but takes a huge amount of energy to convert to metallic form.
Not quibbling with you here. Great info as usual, thanks. Just making an observation.