Russia is no friend to the US. All they did was change a geo political global military strategy for a geo political global financial strategy. It was easier to give up all those nations, consolidate, earn enough money to make the elite wealthy and then regroup.
Gee, they have religion there now and some people are making money. Meanwhile they are clamping down on free speech and stealing elections. Wait, that is what the RATS are doing here.
RAT's do indeed have a lot in common with the RED's