Why? Because, contra the Cold War, Russia is the leader of the International Right today and the US/EUSSR is the leader of the International Left. Russia is on the right side of every major economic (flat tax, no estate tax, low corporate tax, low government spending, etc.) and social (abortion, homosexuality, religion, multiculturalism, immigration, radical feminism, etc.)
The USG/MSM’s greatest propaganda coup has been persuading American conservatives that their natural ally, Russia, is an enemy. The Keynsian socialists and cultural Marxists laugh at you joining them in spreading their evil worldwide.