Russia is a functional and normal** country attempting to defend its own natural empire.  America is a bizarrely insane and totally bankrupt country defending nothing but wacked theories and mindless fashion.
** Note:  'Functional and normal' does not mean 'nice'.  Nations are not supposed to be 'nice' to foreigners.  Repelling foreign threats, whether military or economic, is the main ingredient of 'niceness' to your OWN citizens. 
   
    
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