Four hundred years of czars and communist dictators never created true citizenship. Without citizens, you can't have democracy and capitalism. Which is that nation's problem today. And which is why the United States and other democracies prosper. Citizenship means more than merely claiming a nation as one's own.
Citizenship demands responsibility.
A nation of the people and by the people requires that the people not be passive. This is why we must be patient with Russia, some of our Arab allies, and many of the African nations. The learning process need not take eight centuries, but neither can it happened overnight. What will help Russia's sense of citizenship along will be an advanced world capitalism and widespread, instant communications. Russians will see on their televisions and through Internet contact how citizens act in other countries and they will begin to emulate that behavior in their government at every level.