[assblaster]

Russia is an irrelevant economic factor in the 21st century. Their export is fossil fuels, and that's about it.

[dragonelite]

Northeast passage in a couple of decades might be a big boom for Russia and China.

[fosco]

Ice/water will be a major export very soon. Countries will go to war over it.

[mobilefriendly]

Nope. Drought is usually local and water shortages are often from the breakdown of regional infrastructure. There are recently discovered truly massive water lakes in the earth's mantle.

https://www.livescience.com/46292-hidden-ocean-locked-in-ear...