People seriously overestimate Russia these days.
It's not by accident. It benefits the national security state.
PressTV-US has no response to Russia’s growing influence: Pentagon
The United States has yet to develop a comprehensive response to Russia’s growing influence abroad, a Pentagon study shows, warning that Moscow has already outpaced Washington in mastering “hybrid-warfare” strategy.
The report, produced by scholars from the military and academia, was prepared for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a body of top Pentagon officials who advise the president.
The study, which was first seen by Politico, said Russia was perfecting its so-called “grey zone” operations—political and military measures that stop short of direct, all-out war but carry dramatic foreign policy and geopolitical impacts.