Just as a disclaimer, don't label me as a "commie" or even a supporter of the Russian government. As I said before, I'm not, that's why I'm here in the West and not there - because I detest the way they do things there. I'm merely analyzing the situation from a pragmatic standpoint, and using my sense of the Russian view on things.
The fact is that things are very bad for the average person, in Ukraine, Georgia and Russia alike. And the fact is that the West isn't getting at the root of the problem by sowing unrest in the region. I will say that the real fault of the West is not protecting its political interests now, but failing to do anything to encourage a better reconstruction in Russia when the time was right - and now it's past that time. I think this is because Russia as a nation is distrusted and disdained - and alas, it doesn't have to be.
The fact is that the US and the EU watched as Russia's "democracy" decayed in economic collapse (which killed real liberal democratic elements log ago), and chuckled seeing their old enemy lose their economic status. But now that collapse is gone, along with actual democracy, and look what happens. :hmm: