Question

Although Russia has many natural resources, most are not being used. Why not? Question 5 options:

A.Russia’s economy focuses exclusively on providing services.
B. Most of Russia’s resources are difficult and expensive to obtain because they are in cold, remote locations.
C. Russia’s resources that are abundant are of little value or interest to other countries.
D. Russians are not allowed to use their natural resources because of Russia’s strict conservation laws.

Answer 1

Russia's Natural Resources. Russia is rich in minerals, oil, gas, coal and timber. The Ural Mountains have vast amounts of minerals while most deposits of coal, oil, gas and timber are located in Siberia, which is a climatically adverse region and relatively isolated.

Answer 2

I have done some researching and I believe the answer would be:

B. Most of Russia’s resources are difficult and expensive to obtain because they are in cold, remote locations.

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