NATURAL RESOURCES
- Gold
- Oil
- Diamonds
- Copper
- Platinum
Resource issues in Russia:
- Country’s dependence on oil and gas exportation
- Mining industries
- Oil industries
Russia is lavishly endowed with natural resources, but industrial development was hindered until the twentieth century by their Siberian inaccessibility. Russia now produces 20 per cent of the world’s natural gas, and oil is also a valuable commodity. Russia is self-sufficient in all major industrial raw materials, and contains reserves of less essential, but nevertheless significant, natural resources, including diamonds and gold.