How would America like it if Mexico wanted to make alliance with Russia, China or Iran ? . The Americans were happy with boris yeltsin because he had a drink problem and did what they wanted. The Russians lost 26 million men during ww2 , now the eu and nato want to move in to their back yard . If you were to listen to putin speaking about social issues, like marriage, family, faith, etc . He sounds like a Conservative political in the west 50 years ago.