I am from this vodka state so I may be biased, but as I see it, some republicans don’t really care about this issue and pick that position only to be contrarian and farm votes on ‘anything against dems’-train. They aren’t clever, really. Russia does benefit from it and probably encourage that with it’s money, but for republicans it’s not about Ukraine, Russia or anything, it’s about owning the dems and getting into the office. And some of them probe even this edgy position.