I encourage all English speakers to watch the interview with Sergei Lavrov on "Sophie & Co" on RT. It's about Ukraine. Very good interview and he speaks excellent English. It'll broadcast today and probably available to play separately on the website. http://rt.com/shows/sophieco/ You can hear him speak freely, finish his sentences without being interrupted and say what he has to say, then draw your own conclusions. Lavrov is a great deal more sympathetic than Putin, I think. And he looks exactly like my grandfather apart from different eye colour.

Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
My opinion is that no revolution during the past 50 years (and quite probably even earlier) has taken place without some 'assistance' from the outside. Literally - not a single one!
I think you may well be right but I don't know about every single revolution. The Arab springs seem spontaneous in the beginning. The Iranian revolution seemed quite spontaneous, but it's not like I remember that myself, just based on what I read. It wasn't the US, and probably not the USSR behind it anyway.