“That’s because the US has been inciting mischief in these surrounding countries in those decades in an attempt to completely surround Russia and threaten their security.”
Huh?!?! The US incited mischief in Chechnya, Georgia, Moldova, etc? Where’s your evidence for that assertion?
If you are that interested feel free to google that information yourself, realizing that information will likely come from alternative sources that haven’t bowed to deep state censorship. We are currently involved in 14 violent insurrections across the globe in places like Africa and South America, but you won’t hear about that from the NYT or WashPost. You seem rather naïve as to how the world actually works.