It's called mutual mass destruction and the the Russians have more to fear than we do.   Our military is superior, our economy is superior.    If they want overtures of friendship, let them display a few more principles of personal freedom and democracy.   *Please don't imitate our own US oligarchy of elite wealth.

 We have no reason to show acceptance of Putin or his political structure in Russian, unless you want to just eliminate democratic process from the map, and return to more feudal system of Lords and Serfs.     It's an irony that Communist Russia has devolved to a very authoritarian oligarchy model that past Russian monarchies would be envious of.     I don't like the Russian political system, I do not fear Russia, I have no strong urge to invite their leadership to my country.     I trust that the Russian people on the whole are full of facinating, talented, artistic,  and compassionate families.   I'm fine with cultural exchanges, not fine with any political alliance.