Yes, a lot of Russians love Stalin. I think the part of a problem with Stalin is a huge difference in information. Some people believe the information that Stalin killed millions of people and was a bloody killer. Some belive official statisticks which showing than in Gulags was much smaller quantities of people than in jails in modern USA. And the people killed for political repressions was not so much (less then a million during 30 years od Stalin reign).
I'll say honestly, I know that i can't believe both of the sides, and I don't know the truth. But my grandfather and grandmother, who was simple worker and peasant always say only good words of Stalin times. So, I'd be on their side and will just believe them and not some politics with their own agenda.

Very correct. The way american advisors put changing communism to capitalism in Soviet countries - is a big reason of a huge economic problems in 90-s and intil now.

Yeah, we allowed to have a fun, but strictly on fridays from 19 to 23. Any other time police see you smiling on the street - and you get a bullet in your head.

'Russian' is very hard to explain. Some Russian say they are European, some - Asian, some - Eurasian, but all of them still Russian in the end. )

1. You need military power to stay independant.
2. Amerika funding 'Ukrain independance' last 25 years at least. Nuland said you spend 5 billion dollars on it last 15 years, so nothing really changes.
3. Krimean Tatars - its not much of them. And Russian muslims  of Chechnia and Tatarstan already send its people to Crimea and as I understand some agreements between muslims have been made.
4. Currently - no. Not Chechens. Also all this Caucasian terrorism was a thing only because of a huge financial support of it from USA and Arab countires (Quatar first here).
5. Currently any sanctions against Russia will strike back to who makes this sanctions. The world became small and interconnected. Even if West will stop buying our gas and oil (which will be a suicide for EU) - we can sell it to China and don't care.

All the world is in trouble, at least last 5-6 years its obvious. We'll see what will happen when the things will happen, both you and I are small enough to influence big things like a world war.

Is that really a viable alternative?  While Russia's reaction to sanctions from the EU could prove devastating to those who participate (Natural Gas and Oil being in high demand from Russia), Russia is also very reliant on the EU for many other goods.  

If Russia does enact reactionary sanctions to the US and EU sanctions, I don't think anyone (especially Russia) would benefit from this.  

Hello! ) Cold war was a war because it had two sides. So nothing to sorry, we participated in it too, sadly.
I love american culture of 70s-80s. American movies like a Back to the future, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Nightmare on elm street (old ones of course) etc etc influenced Russia greatly. I love Presley and Sinatra and Michal Jackson. Lot of people lov Metallica and Nirvana.
But its a strange feeling when you watch American movies of 80s and modern. You can easily tell that America is changed inside and changed greatly. 
And not to good. For me its just a feeling, I think you know better if it is true or not. 
In any case I sure that simple american people are good and friendly, but some of the things your leaders doing just make me shocked. 

On the 'Russia does better than USA'? Just don't know. But i know that old American Fender Guitar (made in 70-s) - is a golden thing in Russia and impossible to find... )))

Sanctions against Russia will hit Russia of course. But wil hit EU too. We used to live in a close environment, but I don't want to see Iron Curtain around Russia, but this time rised from another side. It will be bad for everybody.

The point is, without Russia nobody can even enter space, US manned space missions are not gonna be there for at least 2 years, China is a lone wolf.

What role did the mongol empire have in the birth of modern Russia?