Each one of you is entitled to an opinion...
...and can make whatever travel plans you deem necessary.
As someone who knows the country, and who speaks the language fluently, I can tell you one more time, Russia is overall a racist and xenophobic place. It is not just a group of sick individuals. It is the overall mindset of that society.
A lot of it is Government-inspired. Anti-US and anti-Western propaganda is rampant, and encouraged. This way there is always a convenient external enemy to blame for everything.
Once again, this has nothing to do with the topic of AWs.