Mind also that English sounds in all kinds of the media in Russia, it’s in songs, movies, it’s popular. Here it’s kind of prestige to know English. You get admired by everyone if your English is far above the average level. Not so with Kevin, and not so with Russian in the US. Russian is far less popular there. Americans are self-sufficient in this regard, for they are worldwide language native speakers, lol.
It's really true! Here, if you study Russian, they call you a "commie." I can't count the number of times people have made fun of me because of my life-long interest in Russia and it's culture, people, and language. Also, resources are not exactly commonplace.

I don't know why Americans cling to these stupid, outdated stereotypes. I try to inform them. Mostly, they just are not very interested in Russia. Too bad for them! They are missing out.