Give the dude an expensive red sports car, a coupon for hair plugs, and a total snicker behind his back, is what I'd do . . .

My candidate for the Russo-American thing: Susan Eisenhower (granddaughter of Ike) (I met her at a seminar once; very cool lady, exceedingly knowledgable), married to a Russian scholar whose name escapes me right now. One of those weird Cold War relationships that somehow blossomed 'cross the divide.