Of course it is. It's a country which has rejected communism, refuses to accept the redefinition of the family, is working to reduce abortion, is the only Western power where the ruling elites are not led around on a leash by the sodomites and it also protects Christians in the Middle East.
America hates that.
Similar to nazi revenge attacks with their v2 guided missiles. They were still killing brits with V2s in england until late march 1945. Didn’t alter course of the war and their defeat in early may.
Russia is America’s/NATO’s interest and our first or second greatest military threat.
That is why president Trump was spending so much to threaten them militarily while talking so nicely to the media about them, the opposite of Obama who talked tough while weakening NATO and American defense against Russia.