This @HISTORY documentary on Putin is okay albeit misses basic reality that any Russian leader would be doing what Putin does. There is no Russian demo for disarmament, liberalism, gay marriage etal of kind these commentators dream of. Westerners need to grow up
This Western delusion persists that the few liberally minded Russian dissidents who speak English represent any sizeable domestic demo...it is delusional and dangerous.
Attacking Western Govts in the 90s for not trying to make the former USSR into Sweden is bizarre - major concern was stopping Weimar Russia with nukes. West worked with whatever ex KGB guys we could find who could run things ie guys like Putin
Okay, this is slowly jumping the shark - any Russian leader would have hammered the Chechen rebels or would have been toppled. Kalugin is right here. Like blaming Bush for acting after Sept 11
Here the great @Halsrethink says it well:
