Only after Russian invasion of Ukraine did I realise how much commodity superpower Russia is. There is really no country like that when it comes to export of non negotiable commodities like oil, gas, grains, fertilizers, phosphates, minerals, metals, uranium. Add to that steel, aluminum, nuclear fuel processing, space technology provider, military export superpower (only independent non western ecosystem), access to various oceans, entire Arctic pole and Northern hemisphere.
Saudi is just oil whereas these guys are big daddy in everything else including oil.
All this GDP on paper sounds good. Some Western media mock Russia as having economy less than Texas but at end of day the nominal paper GDP can only give bragging rights om forums like Kanglus or Britishers. When push comes to shove, it is the hard power matters nothing else.