Put away the illusion that the cold war has ended. As a matter of fact, it’s more sinister today, than before the Berlin Wall was taken down.
There is a very large Russian immigrant population in the US. many are former military members. I met the commander, and members of a Spetznaz unit
a few years ago.
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131105/184530229/Belarus-to-Build-Aerial-Drones-in-Turkmenistan.html