To be fair I don’t think the russians would conceive of such a plan. Anyone who would suggest it would have been laughed out of the room.

I think they hate “the west” in general as the population can criticize and pressure those in power. Whereas dictatorships have unquestioned control.

In this case they should have been using government systems for internal transparency and opsec.

Ironically this scandal was caused by fools

Frankly I think Trump sees western nations not led by dictators as threats.

There are people who use tesla parts to make electric car conversions

Buy all the toilet paper

I mean anti-vaxxers believe vaccines to be essentially poisen, hence why they are opposed to them. They believe there are other remedies to cure diseases.

So to answer your question, yes they are worried but woefully misinformed.

I can already guess the excuse: “Europe started the war by not negotiating a peace deal with Russia when it came to Ukraine.”

Board of the UZA*

We are living in times where countries are doing or threatening land grabs even to their supposed allies. I think this is a preemptive message of don’t fuck with.