The west only perceives Russia as a threat because it makes itself a threat. Russia’s biggest enemy is its own paranoia and tendency towards unprovoked attacks

The west only perceives Russia as a threat because it makes itself a threat. Russia’s biggest enemy is its own paranoia and tendency towards unprovoked attacks on other countries e.g. the Litvinenko attack on UK being a prime example of Russia attacking another country for basically no reason whatsoever. The west is perfectly happy to have Russia as a friend and to respect its autonomy if it would just stop attacking other countries.