Russians are modern Macedonians
Russia is modern Sparta, and America is modern Athens.
One is impoverished, conservative, patriarchal, and militant. The other is wealthy, liberal, pluralistic, and commercial.
One is basically standing as a lone warrior in the field, the other is surrounded by numerous allies - beholden to it by links of gold.
I will not tell you who won in the end. You can read the History of the Peloponnesian War, for that.