Sure, important but it's not amorphous Russia, it's certain business figures like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin, for instance. This guy is significant because he's the money bag behind paid comment farms in Russia.
The way it was presented in American media is that Russia's spreading misinformation, that's it. No substance, no explanation, just big bad scary guy and that's why you should take the vaccine. I may not have the full understanding of how it was covered in American media, so I'll appreciate it if you will correct me with examples of widely cited media outlets that present these facts.