Russia was always ran by Ameriboos. As early as 1959, Khrushchev and Nixon were holding public debates over the efficacy of their countries respective economic systems after Khrushchev saw what the average American house looked like in an exhibition showcasing American prosperity. Khrushchev would later go on to express his desire to visit Disneyland. Georgy Zhukov brought Coca-Cola into the country, obviously there's the famous story of Yeltsin being so impressed over an American grocery store that he tanked his entire economic system over it
The feeling just isn't as mutual, grifters like Tucker Carlson are seen as closer to Axis Sally's like Mildred Gillars and Rita Zucca that nobody takes seriously