Belive me, country lost over 35 000 000 people in WWII knows a cost of war. Those of Russian who forgot it remembered it in 1980's (USSR's invasion to Afganistan). We are tired of wars and won't start another one (excepted cases of threats to our safety)
We are, probably, not a well-democracy country but we try to integrate The West (we haven't any problems with our eastern partners). Don't threaten and drive us out and you'll see we become a good democracy in next 20-30 years