Yeah, because the whole world wants to take away their freedom. That's the most ridiculous cliché of American internal propaganda.
Good old times when Putin was first to call Bush and offer all the possible help [1].
[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/attack...
[1] https://carnegieendowment.org/2001/10/24/u.s.-russia-relatio...