Mar 21, 2022
The situation may actually be worse, since a couple of high-profile Republicans stated that they see more kinship with Russia under Putin than with their own democratic institutions (hence the Jan 6th uprising). "If there are better-connected ideological relationships between the United States and Russia, they are to be found in the realm of the U.S Christian right and the Russian Orthodox Church. For the past decade, U.S. radical Christian wings have been promoting reconciliation with Russia in the name of common Christian values." https://www.ponarseurasia.org/russian-and-american-far-right-connections-confluence-not-influence/
