They don't need protection from anyone trying to take their guns, because they. do. not. own. guns. There aren't guns sold in their grocery stores. There aren't pawn shops selling guns. There aren't Outdoors and Camping stores selling guns for hunting. It is not a society that, like ours, had gun rights added to our Constitution as a right. So why, WHY would anyone believe that it needed an NRA-like organization to protect them?
News Flash #2. No one DOES believe that. "The Right To Bear Arms" is a sham organization set up to funnel money back and forth between Russians and Republicans.
Do you know what I find fascinating? I did a search for "gun stores in Russia" and came across an article from a Russian crime journal in which a Russian police officer spoke on the condition of anonymity about the general citizenship owning firearms. Here's what he said.
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/07/nra-and-russians-have-been-colluding-years
Which is why that Maria Butina's story stunk to the high heavens.