One thing many Americans confuse about Russia is the mindset behind the former Soviet government and the general population. It was indeed a nation ruled by iron fist, a nation where the common person was told what to believe, and most of them did so out of necessity or survival. But keep in mind, the people of Russia were largely "led" or downright brainwashed by the government.
The society was so closed, the people didn't know truth from fiction. They knew little truths about Americans or the outside world.
I urge you to understand that it was the Soviet government that was evil, not the Russian mill worker, teacher, or mechanic. I can assure you those people today have little or no negative feelings toward the people of America. I have lived there and experienced common life there. Have you?
If you care to hate the bastards in the Russian government, be my guest, I have no quarrel with that. But please try not to paint the entire Russian population as though they were evil. In fact, they have more in common with Americans than perhaps any place short of Great Britain. My personal feeling is that Russians are MORE similar to Americans than the peoples from Great Britain.
Have a great day!
I'll give you a little hint, there is no nation in this world that would not want to bury every other naiton in this world. Most can only dream and have no resources, about a dozen or more great powers can attain or attempt to attain this. This is the natural order of things and this is good. It's called competition.