[AdmSmith]

The economy of Russia is very small, compare it with a small European country:

these figures are from 2005
Russia
exports: $245 billion, imports: $125 billion

the Netherlands
exports:$365.1 billion, imports:$326.6 billion

Maybe you can find a state in the US with approximately the same trade as Russia?

[Lukasz]

Mexico:
Population 107,449,525 (July 2006 est.)
GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.068 trillion (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $10,100 (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $181 billion
expenditures: $184 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005)

Russia:
Population: 142,893,540 (July 2006 est.)
GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.539 trillion (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $10,700 (2005 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $176.7 billion
expenditures: $125.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.)

Russia is equal with Mexico just because its gas and oil. :)