The Russians and Americans will NEVER be close allies like we are with the British, Canadians and Australians. There has always been and always will be some very hostile feelings for America in Russia. Believe it or not, the US sent troops to help out the White Russians during the October revolution, and they've never forgiven us. And they likely won't, since there history books make a HUGE deal out of it. But likewise, they've always been very cautious and very suspicious of outsiders. Napolean invaded them and killed thousands. Hitler invaded them and they lost millions. Generally, I found in my travels to Russia that overall Russian citizens like American citizens. They don't understand us, but they like us. Course, the British, Canadians and Australians don't understand some of our motivations either.
As for the comments of this one Russian beaurocrat/politician, I could care less about his thoughts. I could care less about Vladimir's thoughts. Let's remember that Vlad's greatest wish is to make Russia a superpower again. He's doing everything in his power to do so...