Given Trump has indicated he wants to leave NATO, I think it would be possible to have ties with the US but not Europe. That would mean on the US side easing sanctions and backing off on conflicts against Russia itself and supporting capital exportation in the former soviet states, and on the Russian side providing (military, ideological) cover and support for US interventions abroad in Latin America and Africa, specifically backing away from supporting Venezuela, Cuba, AES or Iran.
Though I agree that Russia would never be on the same level of blind loyalty and financial integration as Europe, and that most collaboration would be transactional in nature. I don’t think Putin himself would want this given the past 20 years, but if he leaves office another leader also backed by the national bourgeoisie could provide this sea change.
Given Trump has indicated he wants to leave NATO, I think it would be possible to have ties with the US but not Europe. That would mean on the US side easing sanctions and backing off on conflicts against Russia itself and supporting capital exportation in the former soviet states, and on the Russian side providing (military, ideological) cover and support for US interventions abroad in Latin America and Africa, specifically backing away from supporting Venezuela, Cuba, AES or Iran.
Though I agree that Russia would never be on the same level of blind loyalty and financial integration as Europe, and that most collaboration would be transactional in nature. I don’t think Putin himself would want this given the past 20 years, but if he leaves office another leader also backed by the national bourgeoisie could provide this sea change.