Straw man. What if you turned it around to say, "Are there intelligent Black people in America? Sure, they are just not in charge in jail, or they've been murdered already."
Bigoted.
Americans don't Otherize Russians the way they do Arabs or Black people, because Russians are white. Totally different case.
The most despicable of the oil regimes is probably Saudi Arabia, which the United States supports whether you buy gas or not. Maybe you should consider lobbying your congressperson.