In all of such threads and discussions ppl finally come to something like "russian ppl is OK but russian govermnment did a lot wrong things to it's own ppl and others".
You'll never understand europian russophobia if you don't get rid of simple propaganda tricks which are being used to keep that rossophobia alive.

like not long ago one american asked me "why russia is so crazy about attacking other countries and taking their land?". That one question explains a lot.

Russians were being hated by europeans (especially europen elites) for being different.
For their ability to stay together, to be proud and to be unconquerable.
We are the main competitors for anglo-saxons on the continent. But we are not that agresive like they are.