I just checked on the "high population density" since I'd heard otherwise. The U.S. has 33.9 people per square kilometer, while Russia has 8.4. See https://www.worlddata.info/country-comparison.php?country1=RUS&country2=USA. Also, about the "high energy demand," the U.S. total is 3.902 tn kWh (almost 4 trillion tons) while the Russia total is 909.60 bn kWh (aout 9 billion tons). Am I missing something here?