Regardless of what you think of Putin, Russians believe the US is waging economic warfare on them.
It started with the battle over Ukraine in the last decade, and now is on to economic sanctions and using dollar hegemony to squeeze the Russian economy and population. When that doesn’t work, I wonder if Obama will be ready for outright warfare?
Crippling Russia is a valiant and important goal no matter what the means.
They are permanent enemies. Dangerous and shifty ones.
When you have the upper hand, crush them to oblivion.
Most Russians believe that the U.S. is waging economic warfare upon them, yes . . . because they are idiots and all they have is the Russian media to inform them.