Well I agree with you car - your country was sold out unfortunately. Why it happened, how and who was behind it, I couldn't say. Definitely it would have been less likely to happen if the country had been better run. But what happened at the demise of the USSR was surely daylight robbery and not in the interest of the majority of decent people. At least things are much better now. But with the death of the USSR an inspiring ideal was shattered, a people robbed not to mention all the ethnic troubles that the USSR kept the lid on, which exploded afterwards. I can't even imagine the confusing feelings and frustration I would have, had something similar happened to my country.

On the USA conspiracy angle -- well I am not big on conspiracy theories and at the end of the day, a country is responsible for its own fate. But it is not even a secret that the CIA has a big section for propaganda, agitation and psy-ops and it is 100% certain that the USSR was the main target for any capabilities they had in that area. If there was anything they could do to damage the USSR and further their own financial interests they did it - how much damage that really did, I wouldn't know.

My degree is actually in Political Science and from that perspective I find the experiences of the ex USSR area in the 90s until now very fascinating, but like I said, tragic too... I am glad that things are are looking brighter and people are better off.