the extra land would be handy ....but that's not the issue
it's the power that russia wants to assert to show they are STILL a superpower .....but actually , no , they haven't been foir a long time a gas station with nukes isn't a superpower
US ...China they are superpowers .....EU if you were to consider them as a whole would be .....India possibly .....that's it ! Japan gets an honourable mention .