I don’t know if a military war would benefit Russia, but I can see how they could benefit from fighting us economically. They have nationalized their oil, so any increases in price benefit the Russian government greatly. You can’t factor out that Putin is KGB. So are his pals that run the country. The same guys are running Russia that were running the USSR. At least when we defeated Germany, they got rid of the Nazis.
Plus why fight the Americans yourself when you can get rich from selling weapons to their enemies?
You forgot that Russia ,Germany and France were being bought off with Oil For food money from Sadam to not agree to go along with us also
You forgot that Russia ,Germany and France were being bought off with Oil For food money from Sadam to not agree to go along with us also