Russia is enemy #1 because of its refusal to go bitch to the NWO, which, as far as I can tell, seeks to subjugate European Christian civilization with an eye toward ending it as we know it.Russia resents having always been treated as second tier, which they would be in the NWO. I don't think Putin's motives are heavily influenced by Christian vs Muslim. Russia and Putin are complicated. Think relations with Iran. I do not fully understand the game of US-Iran and Russia-Iran relations.
One has to read about the shananigans of the oligarchs to understand the distrust among Russians when it comes to the global elites. As far as Iran goes, yeah, the neocons have been seeking to turn it into a dysfunctional state for over three decades (along with Iraq, Syria, et al.) and this has created a complicated dynamic. IMHO, the Islamic problem, especially, internationally, is Salafist, Sunnite, not Shia. Clean Break (neocons) proposed destroying even secular governments if they were seen as strengthening the Shia alliance. I think the threat to Western Christendom comes from the Gulfies (esp. KSA), Turkey, etc. Neocons don't. But Western Christendom seems to be as big a threat to them as the Shia Alliance. I hope I'm mistaken. I don't think I am based on what I've seen for decades.
A Clean Break
Russia resents having always been treated as second tier.
Russia is second tier. It is a one party kleptocratic petrostate without a developed economy outside of the energy sector.