A great notion MA, but Russia is so paranoid about everyone being out to get them. In part it's the imprinted memories of the 10's of millions of citizens killed in WW2 that makes them understandably wary and untrusting.

One might have hoped that the cold war attitudes would have abated with Gorbachev and glasnost but people like Putin have reversed that process - largely as a means to retain power internally. There is no better way to keep power than to create a fear amongst the people.