Close relationship with the Russians? Something like this:
To name just two ways the US has bleeped the Russian economy:
* Boosted US oil and natural gas production, making the US a net exporter and thereby increasing supply which also lowers the prices for these commodities. Oil and NG are major Russian exports.
* Completed the process of moving NASA from dependence on Russia's Soyuz rockets to SpaceX's rockets, costing Russia millions of $$ just from NASA (and if other countries use SpaceX, even more millions of $$ or Euros or ...).
I could have listed more major bleep-overs that made Putin unhappy.