Russia (land area)is the largest country in the world.
They're an economic light weight though.
The only thing they have left of the evil empiore is their nukes. Nukes cost a lot of money to maintain. They wear out and have to be replaced!!! There are those who think Russias nukes might not be reliable anymore!!!
They were heading to being economic heavyweights until they were derailed by some bright American petroleum engineers who figured out horizontal drilling and "fracking". And you can be sure that the "anti-fracking" eco-nutcase temper tantrum has its roots in Russia. They succeeded in doing the same thing to America's attempt to utilize fission nuclear energy.