And when the 'revolution' is over

 It isn't surprising to see this theoretical justification for Russian foreign policy from a former Kremlin adviser (although just as officially Russia isn't against Assad going in Syria they have done everything to back him up, this isn't exactly an honest assessment). It would once have been surprising that it sounds like what some who really think they are on the left in this country when it comes to foreign affairs, but are like a cheerleader for another power. The US has done plenty of bad things according to pretty much this script, but the violence in Libya, Syria and Ukraine is likewise down to the people who supplied the weaponry to do the killing, only in these cases it was Russia not the US to blame. In a few years time, when the credibility of the left depends on what it did to stop the slaughter in Syria, those who were too busy fighting the phantasm of American intervention will not score highly.

 "Finally, every time the US and its allies feel they need to "export a bit of democracy", or organise a regime change, they rush to the United Nations, demanding to hold an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, introduce sanctions or condemn someone for gross violations of human rights. And it works perfectly, with the UN obliging every request. We've already seen how it worked out in Libya, which is going through another phase of never-ending civil war, and in Syria, where the fighting never stops. And now the UN is presiding over a post-revolutionary mess in Ukraine."