Ted K, the Unabomber, wrote a manifesto that was hailed by many in the academic world as an opinion worthy of consideration. It's online and easy to look up for any who wish to do so. I will say this about Ted K., as a liberal himself he did an excellent job of outlining the mindset of the typical liberal. Read it and see for yourself. You'll find it to be true.
He also outlined clearly how liberals viewed the USSR in the past. Leading up to this particular passage, he talks about how liberals are totalitarians, and given the chance to rule they become more abusive than those they felt they need to overthrow. It reads...
225. These phenomena appeared clearly in Russia and other countries that were taken over by leftists. Similarly, before the breakdown of communism in the USSR, leftish types in the West would seldom criticize that country. If prodded they would admit that the USSR did many wrong things, but then they would try to find excuses for the communists and begin talking about the faults of the West. They always opposed Western military resistance to communist aggression. Leftish types all over the world vigorously protested the U.S. military action in Vietnam, but when the USSR invaded Afghanistan they did nothing. Not that they approved of the Soviet actions; but because of their leftist faith, they just couldn’t bear to put themselves in opposition to communism."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unabomber/manifesto.text.htm
And that is the background behind all the Russian nonsense.
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